Giuseppe Venuti
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Giuseppe Venuti (Joe) (September 16, 1903 – August 14, 1978) was a U.S. jazz musician and violinist. Venuti was born in Philadelphia. Considered the father of jazz violin, he pioneered the use of string instruments in jazz along with the guitarist Eddie Lang, a childhood friend of his. Through the 1920s and early 1930s, Venuti produced many recordings. However, following Lang's early death in 1933, he began to slip off the radar.
However, in the late 1960s and 1970s, Joe performed and recorded, again in the limelight.