Jazz Articles about Eddie South

Eddie South: 1933: The Cheloni Broadcast Transcriptions

by George Kanzler
February 12, 2008

Eddie South was one of the earliest jazz violinists--he recorded in 1923 (Joe Venuti, often thought of as the earliest, didn't record until 1924) and one of the first African/American jazz musicians to play extensively in Europe. South was also a highly-trained violinist, having studied at the Chicago College of Music and the Paris Conservatory; if South had been white, he may well have never played jazz, but become a concert violinist. At the end of 1932, ...