"Venuti, Joe"@en . . . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . "1978-08-14Z"^^ . . . . . "Joe Venuti"@en . "1978Z"^^ . . "Giuseppe Venuti"@en . . . . . . . "Giuseppe \"Joe\" Venuti (possibly September 16, 1903 \u2013 August 14, 1978) was an Italian-American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist.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 and Lang made many recordings, as leader and as featured soloists."@en . . . "jazz violinist" . . . . .