# Jimmy Bertrand

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{{short description|American jazz percussionist (1900–1960)}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Jimmy Bertrand
| birth_date       = February 24, 1900
| birth_place      = [Biloxi, Mississippi](/source/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi), U.S.
| death_date       = August 1960 (aged 60)
| death_place      = [Chicago](/source/Chicago), [Illinois](/source/Illinois), U.S.
| genre            = [Jazz](/source/Jazz)
| instrument       = [Drums](/source/Drums)
}}

'''Jimmy Bertrand''' (February 24, 1900 – August 1960) was an American [jazz](/source/jazz) and [blues](/source/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](/source/AllMusic) |access-date=February 22, 2021}}</ref>

== Background ==
Bertrand was born in [Biloxi, Mississippi](/source/Biloxi%2C_Mississippi), and was active on the [Chicago blues](/source/Chicago_blues) and jazz scene of the 1920s.<ref name="AM" /> Bertrand recorded with [Louis Armstrong](/source/Louis_Armstrong), [Johnny Dodds](/source/Johnny_Dodds), [Erskine Tate](/source/Erskine_Tate), and [Blind Blake](/source/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](/source/Wallace_Bishop_(musician)), [Lionel Hampton](/source/Lionel_Hampton), and [Big Sid Catlett](/source/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>

==References==
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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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