How to Pronounce Bert Kelly (jazz musician)
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Jun 02, 1882 Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States Died on 01 Jan 0001 (aged 1881)
American jazz musician and bandleader
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About Bert Kelly Jazz Musician
- Bert Kelly (June 2, 1882 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa – January 1968 in Long Beach, New York) was an American musician, who pioneered jazz as a banjoist, bandleader, educator, promoter, night club owner, and night club operator.
- After professional stints in Seattle and San Francisco, Kelly moved to Chicago in 1914 where he flourished a banjoist, bandleader, and promoter.
- In 1915 — before the U.S.
- prohibition — he founded and operated a Chicago speakeasy called "Bert Kelly's Stables," where patrons were introduced to early jazz.
