Miriam Moffitt

Miriam "Mamie" Moffitt
Born
Miriam Leona Seals

1884
DiedOctober 17, 1954
Other namesMiriam Seales Moffitt
Known forMamie Moffitt and Her Five Jazz Hounds
Spouse(s)John Thomas (m. 1901–c.1915)
Wallace Moffitt
(m. 1918)

Miriam Moffitt (1884–1954), also known as Mamie Moffitt, was an American jazz pianist and band leader. In the 1920s, she started Mamie Moffitt and Her Five Jazz Hounds, the first professional jazz group in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 2020, the Telegram & Gazette called Mamie Moffitt "Worcester's First Lady of Jazz".