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Noble Sissle

Born
Jul 10, 1889 · Aged 86
Died
Dec 17, 1975
Place of birth
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Gender
Male
Movie credits
8
TV credits
0

Biography

Handsome Noble Sissle is one of the unsung legends of ragtime, blues and early jazz. He and his band had an easy-listening, hot and breezy sound unlike any other contemporary band. When you went to see Sissle you got more then an earful of good music--you got good entertainment that would put a smile on your face. He was an energetic, charismatic, humorous band leader, which was an ingredient for the success of his band because it rubbed off on his band. He was also a dancer, singer and songwriter. Sissle was partners with another musical genius, songwriter / band leader / composer /…