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Edward Otha South, born November 27, 1904 in Louisiana, Missouri, studied classical music in Budapest, Hungary, Paris, France and Chicago, Illinois. In the 1920s he was a member of jazz orchestras led by Charlie Elgar, Erskine Tate, and Jimmy Wade.

In the early 1930s Eddie led a band that included Milt Hinton and Everett Barksdale. In 1937 he recorded in Paris with Stephane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt, and Michel Warlop. In 1945 he worked for the studio band at WMGM in New York City. During the 1950s, he was a guest on television with Fran Allison and Dave Garroway and on WGN in Chicago.

South was among hundreds of artists whose material was destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire. On September 2, 2020, The New York Times consulted violinist Mazz Swift, who selected Eddie South’s performance of Black Gypsy for a feature on 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Violin.

Violinist Eddie South passed away on April 25, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois.

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