death_date death_place years_active birth_place label associated_artists background birth_date instrument genre article_title name occupation
09 march 1961 new york city 1890s - 1950s brunswick , missouri united states emerson records columbia records w.c. handy scott joplin non_vocal_instrumentalist 07 february 1882 clarinet dixieland jazz ragtime wilbur sweatman
 wilbur sweatman clarinetist composer bandleader
wilbur sweatman

wilbur c. sweatman -lrb- 1882 -- 1961 -rrb- was an african-american ragtime and dixieland jazz composer , bandleader , and clarinetist .
sweatman was one of the first african-american musicians to develop a nationwide fan base .
he was also a trailblazer in the racial integration of musical groups .
