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1935 – presentGeraldine de HaasAmerican Jazz Singer & ImpresarioAmerican jazz singer and concert organiser known as the Jazz Lady, who was the driving force behind the creation of the Chicago Jazz Festival. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she performed internationally as part of the vocal trio Andy and the Bey Sisters before settling in Chicago and devoting her life to promoting jazz. She founded Jazz Unites, Inc. and the Jazzfest at the South Shore Cultural Center, and received the Jazz Journalists Association Jazz Hero Award.
1935Geraldine de Haas born in Newark, New JerseyBorn Geraldine Wideman in Newark, New Jersey, the seventh of nine children.