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Jimmy Blanton



         


Jimmy Blanton (1918July 30, 1942) was an American jazz double bassist.

He came to attention in Duke Ellington's band, and was a virtuoso player who in many people's opinions reinvented the double bass.

Blanton died of tuberculosis.

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