James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983), better known as Eubie Blake, was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, Blake and long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Blake's compositions included such hits as, "Bandana Days", "Charleston Rag", "Love Will Find A Way", "Memories of You" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry".
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Eubie Blake has had 1 concert.
Eubie Blake is most often considered to be Jazz, Piano, Jazz Piano, Stride, Vintage Jazz, Tin Pan Alley, Harlem Renaissance, and Ragtime.
The last Eubie Blake concert was on September 19, 1981 at Empire State Plaza in Albany, New York, United States. The bands that performed were: Diahann Carroll / George Shearing / Eubie Blake / Aaron Copeland / Stylistics / Beverly Sills / Woody Herman / Jimmy Damon / Chico Hamilton And Euphoria / Bob McGrath & Big Bird / Jule Styne / deCorba and Bermudez / ARC Gospel Singers / Blotto / Fats Jefferson / Al Cavalieri Orchestra / Fredonia Big Band / Findley Cockrell.
