{{short description|American jazz percussionist (1900–1960)}}{{Infobox musical artist | name = Jimmy Bertrand | birth_date = February 24, 1900 | birth_place = Biloxi, Mississippi, U.S. | death_date = August 1960 (aged 60) | death_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | genre = Jazz | instrument = Drums }}
'''Jimmy Bertrand''' (February 24, 1900 – August 1960) was an American jazz and blues percussionist.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |last=Chadbourne |first=Eugene |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/jimmy-bertrand-mn0001468937/biography |title=Jimmy Bertrand |website=AllMusic |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>
== Background == Bertrand was born in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was active on the Chicago blues and jazz scene of the 1920s.<ref name="AM" /> Bertrand recorded with Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Erskine Tate, and Blind Blake, amongst many others.<ref name="AM" /> In addition he led Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards.<ref name="AM" /> He was also a noted instructor; his pupils included Wallace Bishop, Lionel Hampton, and Big Sid Catlett.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Bertrand (1900-1960) |url=https://syncopatedtimes.com/jimmy-bertrand-1900-1960/ |website=Red Hot Jazz Archive |accessdate=18 April 2020 }}</ref> Bertrand died in Chicago in 1960.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bally |date=2021-01-20 |title=Heroes #17: Jimmy Bertrand, 1900-1960 |url=https://drumsinthetwenties.com/2021/01/20/heroes-15-jimmy-bertrand-1900-1960/ |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=Drums In The Twenties |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://syncopatedtimes.com/jimmy-bertrands-washboard-wizards/ Jimmy Betrand and his Washboard Wizards] at the Red Hot Jazz Archive
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