Adele Girard

Adele Girard Marsala (June 25, 1913 – September 7, 1993 in Denver, Colorado) was a jazz harpist associated with the Dixieland and swing (genre)s. She is the first woman to bring the concert harp to prominence in jazz, with only Casper Reardon predating her. As a musician she is known by her birth name "Adele Girard", but she became "Adele Girard Marsala" on marriage to jazz clarinetist Joe Marsala.

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Adele Girard
Birth dateJune 25, 1913
Birth place
Holyoke Massachusetts
Date of deathSeptember 07, 1993
Place of death
Denver , United States

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