SOUTH, EDDIE

SOUTH, EDDIE. Jazz violinist (17 [27?] November 1904 in Louisiana, Missouri; 25 April 1962 in Chicago, Illinois). His family moved to Chicago, Illinois, when he was an infant. He began violin study at an early age and later attended the Chicago College of Music. His teachers included Charles Elgar and Darnell Howard , among others, and he began playing professionally with Elgar when he was sixteen. Thereafter he played with various groups, including Mae Brady , ...