William Grant Still played in the pit orchestra for Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake's musical, Shuffle Along. The appearance of Blake and Still in this photograph, and Blake's name on the dedication photograph dedication, indicates that this is the pit band for that musical. James Hubert Blake, known as Eubie Blake, was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, he and his long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. William Grant Still seated with his cello and with 12 other African American musicians, including Eugie Blake seated at the piano on the right, in front of a stage curtain. Ivan Harold Browning was a vocalist who recorded with Eubie Blake. Caption: To [Ivan] Harold Brown from Eubie Blake and his
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uclalsc_1889_b21_f14_019.tif ark:/21198/z1vq4kt6
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African American musicians Still, William Grant, 1895-1978 Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983
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