Jim Europe’s 369th Infantry ’’ Hellfighters ’’ Band ST. LOUIS BLUES

Rec. March 1919 N.Y. Dir. James Reese Europe (22 February 1881 -- 9 May 1919) was an American ragtime and early jazz bandleader (Europe’s Society Orchestra see ), arranger, and composer. Photo:Europe’s Society Orchestra, circa 1914. Europe is seated at the piano; Noble Sissle is third from left in the back row.