Great Musical Migration

Question 1

This legend, not born here, however, she stayed with her father after her parents' divorce.

Accepted Answer

Lena Horne

Question 2

born in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1943 and by age 10 had recorded his first single.

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George Benson

Question 3

got her start playing popular tunes and later one of the greatest pianists in jazz history

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Mary Lou Williams

Question 4

He owned the famed Crawford Grill where Black musicians could come and play before intergration

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Gus Greenlee

Question 5

After attending Peabody High His swing band of young musicians shaped the future of jazz.

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Billy Eckstine

Question 6

He was orphaned at 5 and began playing the drums when he was 9 after a teacher encouraged him.

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Kenny Clarke

Question 7

She founded the National Negro Opera Company, the first black opera company in the US, 1941.

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Mary Caldwell Dawson

Question 8

A musician born in Duquesne in 1903. He stayed in Pittsburgh until a move to Chicago in 1925.

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Earl Hines

Question 9

After graduating Schenley High in 1947, he studied at Pittsburgh Musical Institute and Pitt.

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Walt Harper

Question 10

This man began playing piano at 3, when his uncle challenged him to mimic him on the piano.

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Ahmad Jamal

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