The Pollyanna Syncopators[1] was an all-girl jazz band[2] active in the 1920s in the United States.[1][2] The group was organized in 1923 by Ruth Randall in Lincoln, Nebraska, and traveled the US, playing in ballrooms and theaters from the east coast to California. Around 1925, they filmed and then released a Phonofilm.[3] In 1926 white female trombonist Velzoe Brown joined the band.[4][5] The economic pressures caused by the Great Depression forced the band to break-up.[6]
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- ^ a b "Women In Jazz -- Old Dominion University Libraries 2003 -- Ensembles". www.lib.odu.edu. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ "All-Female Bands of the Early 20th Century - Happy Women's History Month!". Amoeblog. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ Tucker, Sherrie (2001-05-23). Swing Shift: "All-Girl" Bands of the 1940s. Duke University Press. p. 408. ISBN 0822328178.
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- ^ "Beloved Santa Cruz jazz pianist Velzoe Brown dies at 101". The Mercury News. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ "The Syncopators Hardtop Mystery (Update)". prewarcar.com. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
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