Emmet Ray - Sweet Georgia Brown

If you are a student of jazz history, you are aware that Emmet Ray -- the subject of Woody Allens "Sweet and Lowdown" -- really existed.
And not only did he exist, Emmet resembled many of the jazz musicians of the 1940s.
At one point in his career he lived off the money earned by a couple of prostitutes, a practice not unheard of in jazz circles beginning with Buddy Bolden and Jelly Roll Morton. However, these jazz musicians prefer the term "manager" to the phrase pimp.
Like many jazz legends, Emmet was an anti-hero, but his guitar playing -- makes up for his multitude of sins.

Emmet was also a traveler who not only toured America but has played extensively in Europe.
The guitarist lived at a time when jazzmen first traversed the country, spreading consciousness of jazz even to American audiences who were beyond the modest reach of radio and recordings.
This original American art form not only spread across the country but to Europe in the 20s and 30s.
The way was paved by such men as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington who were welcomed enthusiastically when they appeared on the other side of the Atlantic Armstrong in 1932 and Ellington in 1933.

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[dudektria]

yeah he existed, drunk and pimp, ok

better than Django? haha ok

I would have believed if you only said he existed

[Cyllmegil]

@sag3rs

Don't talk about Django. His legacy is priceless.

[1982Fgreen]

@tutaberi100 but he did exist.

[skint0n0minted]

@tutaberi100 pfft no one can to Django!

[Losestick]

de toute beauté

[MrPianoguitar]

@sag3rs haha FAIL

[tutaberi100]

@sag3rs Of course he was better than Django, he is a fictional cjaracter and never existed, but still he's the best guitarist ever : )

[pelida77]

oh... Great... he was a drunk and a pimp?

[sag3rs]

Emmet Ray was greatest, better than Django