Zez Confrey

Edward Elzear "Zez" Confrey (3 April 1895 – 22 November 1971)[1] was an American composer and performer of novelty piano and jazz music.

Aspiring to be a concert pianist, he attended Chicago Musical College and studied with private teachers.

He later abandoned that idea for composing, encouraged by his oldest brother, James J. Confrey, an organist.

[citation needed] After World War I, Confrey became a pianist and arranger for the QRS piano roll company.

Writing in 2007 David A. Jasen describes Confrey, alongside Roy Bargy, as still "firmly rooted in the folk tradition".