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Birmingham Bertha - Walter Barnes & His Royal Creolians

Walter Barnes (July 8, 1905 in Vicksburg, Mississippi – April 23, 1940 in Natchez, Mississippi) was an American jazz clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader. Barnes grew up in Chicago and studied under Franz Schoepp in addition to attending the Chicago Musical College...