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Jimmy Blanton Biography
Jimmy Blanton (1918 – July 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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