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Emanuel Sayles

American jazz banjoist and guitarist. Born: January 31, 1907 in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. Died: October 05, 1986 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Emanuel (Manny) worked with the William Ridgley's Tuxedo Orchestra, Fate Marable, Armand Piron, Sidney Desvignes, Roosevelt Sykes, George Lewis, Punch Miller, Peter Bocage, Kid Thomas Valentine, Earl Hines, Louis Cottrell and many others.