New Orleans Willie Jackson

Blues and jazz singer, who recorded for Columbia in 1926-1928. b. USA. Jackson sang comic renditions of opera tunes in "blackface" at a New Orleans ice cream parlour. His mid-20s recordings are versatile and vaudevillian, with strong dance numbers, double entendres, and humorous vignettes of Darktown life, ranging from the church to politics and the judiciary. He also sang a number of traditionally based blues, covered contemporary hits such as "Kansas City Blues", and made the first recording of "T.B. Blues", generally associated with Victoria Spivey.

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New Orleans Willie Jackson (b. 1896 or 1897 in Louisiana, d. after 1930) was a blues and jazz singer, active in New Orleans, Louisiana, and New York City, in the 1920s.

He sang blues, jazz, and comic numbers. Jackson frequently performed with pianist Steve Lewis at Spanish Fort, New Orleans, and they recorded some phonograph records. These were made for Columbia Records between 1926 and 1928. Jackson also sang vocals in King Oliver's band, the Dixie Syncopators. Two of his songs, "How Long" and "She Keeps it Up All the Time," are featured on several New Orleans blues and jazz anthologies. He made the first recording of the track "T.B. Blues", which later became more associated with Victoria Spivey.