Monette Moore was an American

United States

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 jazz

Jazz

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 and blues

Blues

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 singer.

Moore was raised in Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

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 and then moved to New York City

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 early in the 1920s; she moved often in that decade, working in Chicago

Chicago

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, Dallas and Oklahoma City

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. She played with Charlie Johnson

Charlie Johnson (bandleader)

Charlie "Fess" Johnson was an American jazz bandleader and pianist.Johnson led an ensemble called the Paradise Ten, who played at Small's Paradise from 1925–1935 and recorded five times between 1925 and 1929. Though Johnson was a capable pianist, he rarely soloed on his recordings...

's ensemble at Small's Paradise, and recorded with him in 1927-28. Her output from 1923-27 amounts to 44 tunes, some recorded under the name Susie Smith; her sidemen included Tommy Ladnier

Tommy Ladnier

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, Jimmy O'Bryant

Jimmy O'Bryant

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, Jimmy Blythe

Jimmy Blythe

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, Bob Fuller

Bob Fuller

Bob Fuller was an American blues and jazz saxophonist and clarinetist, best known for his recordings accompanying female singers of the 1920s....

, Rex Stewart

Rex Stewart

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, Bubber Miley, and Elmer Snowden

Elmer Snowden

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.

In the 1930s, Moore recorded with Fats Waller

Fats Waller

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 (1932), filled in for Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters

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 as an understudy, and sang with Zinky Cohn

Zinky Cohn

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 in Chicago in 1937. Around 1940 she sang in New York with Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He was one of the first important soloists in jazz , and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist...

 and Sammy Price

Sammy Price

Sammy Price was an American jazz, boogie-woogie and jump blues pianist and bandleader. He was born Samuel Blythe Price, in Honey Grove, Texas, United States. Price was most noteworthy for his work on Decca Records with his own band, known as the Texas Bluesicians, that included fellow musicians...

, and then moved to Los Angeles

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 in 1942, where she performed often in nightclub

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s. She appeared in James P. Johnson

James P. Johnson

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's revue Sugar Hill and appeared in numerous films in minor roles. Moore recorded again in 1945-47. She played with the Young Men of New Orleans at Disneyland in 1961-62, and died of a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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that year.