JACKSON, ANTHONY

JACKSON, ANTHONY (TONY). Ragtime-vaudeville pianist (5 June 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana; 20 April 1921 in Chicago, Illinois). He began his career about 1892 in New Orleans, playing cornet, then piano in Adam Olivier's orchestra. Thereafter, until 1904, he played in various cafes and houses of prostitution in the Storyville area of the city. During this period he earned the title the World's Greatest Single-Handed Entertainer; he was as celebrated for his singing and accompaniment skills as for...