Louis Chauvin

Louis Chauvin was a brilliant and influential pianist who created a steady stream of original melodies while seldom taking the time to write them down or get them published. His story is colorful and tragic, and he didn't live long enough to make any phonograph recordings. Chauvin was born on Lucas Street in St. Louis Missouri on March 13 1881. His mother was Afro-American and his father a Mexican ...more