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Although not really a jazz singer, Herb Jeffries was the last surviving member of the 1940 <a href="spotify:artist:4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A">Duke Ellington Orchestra</a> and a fine interpreter of swing songs and ballads. He performed with Erskine Tate in the early '30s, <a href="spotify:artist:2mY5u4CceAPrpBnse1WpFr">Earl Hines</a> (1931-1934), and <a href="spotify:artist:4Pb1I6ZTK7XnAfk7bJtvjh">Blanche Calloway</a> before becoming the first Black cowboy actor in a series of '30s Westerns. He gained his greatest fame while with <a href="spotify:artist:4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A">Ellington</a> (1940-1942), having a big hit in "Flamingo." Jeffries, who recorded with <a href="spotify:artist:1RsmXc1ZqW3WBs9iwxiSwk">Sidney Bechet</a> in 1940, worked as a single artist after leaving <a href="spotify:artist:4F7Q5NV6h5TSwCainz8S5A">Ellington</a> in 1942, recording on an occasional basis and remaining active into the mid-'90s. He died, reportedly of heart failure, on May 25, 2014 in West Hills, California. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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