Eddie Lang
American jazz guitarist
Died when: 30 years 152 days (365 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro, October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who was credited as the father of jazz guitar.
During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as part of a band or orchestra, and as accompaniment for vocalists.
He recorded duets with guitarists Lonnie Johnson and Carl Kress and jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and played rhythm guitar in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and was the favoured accompanist of Bing Crosby.
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