Gene Gifford
About the artist
H. Eugene "Gene" Gifford (May 31, 1908 – November 12, 1970) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger. Gifford was born and raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and played banjo in high school; following this he played in territory bands, including Watson's Bell Hops and the bands of Bob Foster and Lloyd Williams. He formed his own group to tour Texas, and then switched to guitar to play with Blue Steele and Henry Cato's Vanities Orchestra in 1928.
Top songs
- Eworleans Twist
- New Orleans Twist
- Nothin' But the Blues
- Casa Loma Stomp
- Smoke Rings
- Nothin But The Blues
- Dizzy Glide
- Squareface
- Black Jazz
- Wild Goose Chase
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- Square Face
- Squreface
- New Orleans Twist (feat. Bunny Berigan, Morey Samuel, Bud Fr
- Gene Gifford - New Orleans Twist
- San Sue Strut (78 rpm Version)
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