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Jo Jones

CTL-E-5100 · Person · musician · unspecified

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship recipient, 1985.

Notes

CTL-JAZZ-031 alternate identifier. Collection: African American jazz artists (CTL-JAZZ-100 dataset, 2026-10-08).

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Record CTL-E-5100 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · evidence grade: PROVISIONAL · 1 source · CTL research: MUSIC-001.
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Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLens
Shoeshine, 47th Street, Chicago's main Negro business street, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941 — CultureTechLensPhoto: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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