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Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon

Jaxon Clippings
Including Tampa Red mentioning Jaxon

the early clippings were from before he was with a band,
performing a lot as a dancer and eventually, stage director.
In March 2021 he was described as a "jazz songster."
He spent some time performing in Atlantic City.
By the early 1930s he had moved to Chicago.

1920

  

1921

  

1922

  

  

 

   

Above, he as a big enough 'name' to make it into the celebrity collage, and this is an early ad image

1925

1926

1927

Finally, into recording, with Tampa Red

1929

 

1930

1931

 

1933

I love that in this ad he shares billing with the film "Call Me Savage,"
which contains a famous clip of a pansy club

and, below, he started appearing on the radio, across many markets,
with the Hotshots

  

    

   

       

On the Radio...

WBBM, WJJD - Chicago

  

  

 

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WIKI Bio

Tampa Red Obit