Comments on: James Reese Europe: Bandleader Who Popularized Jazz and Ragtime

By: Kate Kelly

Kate Kelly — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 16:28:16 +0000

In reply to Marilyn Verna-konrad.. Thank you! Your comment is so meaningful to me. I've built this site over ten years for the exact reason you stated. There are so many people who have contributed art or talent or ingenuity and they need to recognized. Thank you for letting me know that you're enjoying it. I love finding and telling the stories!

By: Marilyn Verna-konrad.

Marilyn Verna-konrad. — Sat, 28 Aug 2021 09:13:26 +0000

Thank you . I am fascinated with all the information here. Surely a very great man among many here ahead of their time.
Thank you so very much for sharing a Look back into history which brings Back to
Life the era and tenacity of the talented people living at that time so clearly.
You have done the world a great service here.

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Harlem Hellfighters: Black Soldiers in World War I - America Comes Alive — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 00:50:45 +0000

[…] James Reese Europe was famous during World War I as the military brass loved the music he and his band created. Europe went on to continue playing jazz and ragtime when he returned to the United States. […]

By: Horace Pippin: Gifted Painter and Harlem Hellfighter - America Comes Alive

Horace Pippin: Gifted Painter and Harlem Hellfighter - America Comes Alive — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 16:37:29 +0000

[…] read more about some of these men, read about Henry Johnson, a war hero, bandleader James Reese Europe, and for the story of the Hellfighters, click […]