Eubie Blake. At his home, New York City, 1976

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Eubie Blake at his home, New York City, 1976.

Eubie Blake (by name James Hubert “Eubie” Blake) was an American pianist and composer of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. Blake's musical training began when he was four or five. While out shopping with his mother, he wandered into a music store, climbed onto the bench of an organ, and started "foolin’ around". When his mother found him, the store manager told her: "The child is a genius! It would be criminal to deprive him of the chance to make use of such a sublime, God-given talent." Blake was reported to have said, on his birthday in 1979, "If I'd known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself", but this has been attributed to others and has appeared in print at least as early as 1966.

b. February 7, 1887 in Baltimore, Maryland.
d. February 12, 1983 in Brooklyn, New York.

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