Charlie Elgar

b. Charles A. Elgar, 13 June 1885, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, d. August 1973, Chicago, Illinois, USA. As a kid Elgar examined violin and afterwards extended his research at music schools in Wisconsin and Illinois. He performed in traditional music ensembles in his home-town before settling in Chicago around 1913. There, he produced his own little band and a big music group, which was for quite some time resident on the Dreamland Café. He travelled to European countries as an associate of Will Marion Make’s orchestra and came back to Chicago for even more lengthy residencies as head at many of the town’s best nightclubs. During all of this time he previously been active being a instructor and at the start from the 30s he considered that facet of his profession on the full-time basis. Although beyond your jazz stream, his rings regularly contained in their rates top-flight early jazzmen including Manuel Perez, Lorenzo Tio, Barney Bigard and Darnell Howard. Elgar’s name lives on through jazz histories instead of through a legacy of information, as he produced only four edges despite his reputation and popular activity in the 20s.