b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nJimmy Durante\n_START_SECTION_\n\xc3\x87ocuklu\xc4\x9fu ve gen\xc3\xa7li\xc4\x9fi\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nJimmy Durante, 10 \xc5\x9eubat 1893\'te ABD\'nin New York eyaletinin Lower East Side b\xc3\xb6lgesinde d\xc3\xbcnyaya geldi. Rosa ve Bartolomeo Durante \xc3\xa7iftinin 4 \xc3\xa7ocu\xc4\x9funudan en k\xc3\xbc\xc3\xa7\xc3\xbck olan\xc4\xb1yd\xc4\xb1. Anne babas\xc4\xb1 \xc4\xb0talya\'n\xc4\xb1n Salerno kentinden buraya gelmi\xc5\x9fti._NEWLINE_Durante, tam zamanl\xc4\xb1 bir ragtime piyanisti olmak i\xc3\xa7in hen\xc3\xbcz yedinci s\xc4\xb1n\xc4\xb1ftayken okulu b\xc4\xb1rakt\xc4\xb1. Ya\xc5\x9fad\xc4\xb1\xc4\x9f\xc4\xb1 yerin yak\xc4\xb1n\xc4\xb1ndaki birka\xc3\xa7 mekanda piyano \xc3\xa7al\xc4\xb1p "Ragtime Jimmy" lakab\xc4\xb1n\xc4\xb1 alan Durante, daha sonra New York\'un ilk caz gruplar\xc4\xb1ndan Original New Orleans Jazz Band\'e kat\xc4\xb1ld\xc4\xb1. Durante, grubun New Orleansl\xc4\xb1 olmayan tek \xc3\xbcyesiydi. 1920 y\xc4\xb1l\xc4\xb1nda grubun liderli\xc4\x9fini Frank Christian\'dan ald\xc4\xb1 ve grubun ismini "Jimmy Durante\'s Jazz Band" olarak de\xc4\x9fi\xc5\x9ftirdi.'