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	Wilber Sweatman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wilbur C. Sweatman (Brunswick, Missouri, February 7, 1882 - New York City March 9, 1961) was an African-American ragtime and jazz composer, bandleader, and clarinetist.
		Sweatman moved to New York in 1913, where he became close friends with Scott Joplin, and Joplin named Sweatman as executor of his estate in his will.
		Sweatman enjoyed popularity with both White and Black audiences in New York, and started issuing recordings in 1916 for Emerson Records, then for Pathé.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wilber_Sweatman (323 words)

	Wilber Sweatman
		Wilber C. Sweatman (Brunswick, Missouri, February 7, 1882 - New York City March 9, 1961) was an African-American Ragtime and Jazz composer, bandleader, and Clarinetist.
		Sweatman enjoyed popularity with both White and Black audiences in New York, and started issuing recordings in 1916.
		After the commercial success of the Original Dixieland Jass Band the following year, Sweatman changed the sound and instrumentation of his band along the line of the early New Orleans jazz bands The Original Creole Orchestra[?] and the Original Dixieland Jass Band.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Wilber_Sweatman.html (288 words)

	Wilber Sweatman -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sweatman started out playing (Bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow) violin, then switched to clarinet.
		Sweatman moved to New York in 1913, where he became close friends with (United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917)) Scott Joplin, and Joplin named Sweatman as executor of his estate in his will.
		Sweatman enjoyed popularity with both White and Black audiences in New York, and started issuing recordings in 1916 for (Click link for more info and facts about Emerson Records) Emerson Records, then for (Click link for more info and facts about Pathé) Pathé.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/Wi/Wilber_Sweatman.htm (303 words)

	Wilbur Sweatman
		Sweatman gets my vote for being the first African-American to record Jazz, but he is remembered less as a jazz musician and more as a great showman famous for playing at first two then three clarinets at once.
		In the 1930s Sweatman was active in music publishing and was the executor of Scott Joplin's estate.
		Unfortunately after Sweatman's death in 1961, Joplin's estate fell into disarray and many unpublished and original manuscripts were lost.
	www.redhotjazz.com /sweatman.html (268 words)

	Scott Joplin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Joplin's musical papers, including unpublished manuscripts, were willed to Joplin's friend and the executor of his will, musician and composer Wilber Sweatman.
		Sweatman took care of these papers and generously shared access to them to those who enquired.
		After Sweatman's death in 1961 the papers were last known to go into storage during a legal battle among Sweatman's heirs; their current location is not known, nor even if they still exist.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Scott_Joplin (1208 words)

	Wilber Sweatman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sweatman comenzó fuera de tocar el violín, entonces cambiado al Clarinet.
		Sweatman se movió a Nueva York en 1913, donde él hizo amigos cercanos con Scott Joplin, y Joplin nombró a Sweatman como ejecutor de su estado en el suyo.
		Sweatman era el primer americano africano para hacer los registros etiquetados como "Jass" y "jazz".
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/wi/Wilber%20Sweatman.htm (318 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wilber Sweatman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart.
		PathÃ©; Records was a France based international record label active from the 1890s through the 1930s.
		Shown are (left to right) Tony Sbarbaro (aka Tony Spargo) on drums; Edwin Daddy Edwards on trombone; D. James Nick LaRocca on cornet; Larry Shields on clarinet, and Henry Ragas on piano.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wilber-Sweatman (879 words)

	WILBER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	Read about Wilber Sweatman at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Wilber Sweatman and learn about Wilber Sweatman here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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		After the commercial success of the Original Dixieland Jass Band the following year, Sweatman changed the sound and instrumentation of his band along the line of the early New Orleans jazz bands such as the
		(Since Sweatman can be heard making melodic variations even in his 1916 recordings, it might be argued that Sweatman recorded an archaic type of jazz earlier than the Original Dixieland band.) Sweatman's was the leading jazz band for
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Wilber_Sweatman (312 words)

	Ellington
		He left Washington with Sonny Greer and Toby Hardwicke to join the so-called symphonic swing band of Wilber Sweatman in New York City.
		After a short and unhappy stay with Sweatman they struggled to survive on their own for a few months.
		Ellington returned to Washington but in the spring of 1923 he was persuaded by Fats Waller to move back to Manhattan.
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	Jazz Oracle
		A compilation of pioneering recordings made by African-American clarinetist Wilbur Sweatman, a veteran of the vaudeville stage who made an important contribution to the popularization of jazz music in the late Teens and early Twenties.
		This set was compiled by Mark Berresford, an authority on Sweatman, and includes extensive liner notes written by Mark based on his research into Sweatman's life and music.
		William Hicks, t; Arthur Reeves, tb; Wilbur Sweatman, cl, ldr; Dan Parrish, Palmer Jones, p; Henry Bowser, d.
	www.jazzoracle.com /catalogue/BDW_8046.asp (912 words)

	Emerson Records - MindSharer Article Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After World War I Emerson started ambitious expansions of the business, and in 1919 finally introduced a line of 10 inch discs (the common industry standard) retailing for 85 cents, which went up to $1 each the following year.
		At the same more popular "big name" artists were hired to record for the label, including Wilber Sweatman, Eddie Cantor, the Six Brown Brothers, and the Louisiana Five.
		Somewhat later the label also recorded Lizzie Miles, Eubie Blake, Fletcher Henderson, and the Original Memphis Five.
	articles.mindsharer.com /html/Emerson_Records (403 words)

	Wilber Sweatman Arts News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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	RACE FACTS & NOTES OF INTEREST/SCHEDULE SOUTH SOUND - RacingWest
		This is the highest the Ardenvoir, Wash. driver has been on the points ladder since September of 2000, the year of his fourth series championship.
		Pontiac and Ford are tied with 14 each; Buick has won twice on the.375-mile track.
		Eaton and Tom Sweatman both came home in 2001 behind the wheel of a Chevrolet.
	www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/3771 (497 words)

	Otto Hardwick (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Began gigging with Duke Ellington in and around Washington, also worked for Elmer Snowden at Murray's Casino, Washington (1922).
		Went to New York with Duke Ellington in 1923 and shared many of that leader's early experiences, including week with Wilber Sweatman (March 1923) and residencies with Elmer Snowden, occasionally doubled violin and string bass in the mid-1920's, but specialised on alto sax.
		Worked regularly with Duke Ellington until the spring of 1928.
	www.basssax.com /ottohardwick.htm (196 words)

	sweatman - Auctions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		WILBUR SWEATMAN"S ORIGIONAL JAZZ BAND 78 RECORD - $3.99
		LOUISIANA FIVE / WILBUR SWEATMAN BAND ON COLUMBIA A2775 - $5.99
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	Ellington, Duke
		As to when Ellington actually got started, we go to John Edward Hasse, in his book BEYOND CATEGORY: THE LIFE AND GENUIS OF DUKE ELLINGTON (1993), we have more details to summarize:
		"Ellington went to New York in March 1923 to play in Wilber Sweatman's band, along with his Washington DC buddies, Sonny Greer and Otto Hardwick.
		When Sweatman went on the road, Ellington, Greer, and Hardwick stayed in New York; they worked a few gigs, but did not find steady work; they returned to Washington D.C."
	stevenestrella.com /composers/composerfiles/ellington1974.html (2865 words)

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	Set Sale 24 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		1796 Wilber Sweatman l Jazz Band Col A2548 Ev'rybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues But I' m Happy/Regretful Blues VV+ 3
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