Transcript Eubie Blake - SVHSPianoClass

Ronneka Meadows
Piano 1
November 2, 2011
Early Years
 Eubie Blake was born on February 7, 1887 in
Baltimore, Maryland
 He was the only surviving child of eight
Music
 Blake's musical training began when he was just four
or five years old.
 When Blake was seven, he received music lessons from
their neighbor, Margaret Marshall, an organist from the
Methodist church.
 At age fifteen, without knowledge of his parents, he
played piano at Aggie Shelton’s Baltimore bordello.
Music
 In 1912, Blake began playing in vaudeville with James
Reese Europe's "Society Orchestra”
 After vaudeville, he began to work on a musical revue,
Shuffle Along
Personal and Later Life
 In July 1910, Blake married Avis Elizabeth Cecelia Lee
 Blake and Lee met around 1895 while both attended
Primary School No. 2 at 200 East Street in Baltimore
 In 1938 Avis was diagnosed with tuberculosis and died
later that year at 58
Honors and Awards
 1972: Omega Psi Phi Scroll of Honor
 1974: Diploma, Rutgers University Doctor of Fine Arts
 1978: Diploma, University of Maryland Doctor of Fine
Arts
 1979: Diploma, Morgan State University Doctor of
Music
 1983: Inducted in the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame
Talents
 talented composer and performer in ragtime, jazz,
vaudeville, and popular styles
Eubie Blake Songs
 Sincerely Eubie Blake
 I’m Just Wild About Harry
 The Chevy Chase Rag
 Memories Of You
 Fizz Water
His Quotes
 Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen
to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
 I don't have any bad habits. They might be bad habits
for other people, but they're all right for me.
 Never trust anyone who wants what you've got. Friend
or no, envy is an overwhelming emotion.
When he died
 Eubie Blake died on February 12, 1983 age 96 in
Brooklyn, New York