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Viola Smith, pioneering swing and big band drummer, dies aged 107

Posted 2020-10-24, The Guardian

Smith, who died in California on Wednesday, has been credited with blazing a path for women in what had been a male preserve Viola Smith, a pioneering drummer and original “hep girl” of the swing and big band era, died on Wednesday in Costa Mesa, California. She was 107. Related: Tommy DeVito: Four

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