Harold “Geezil” Minerve

A fine golf swing stylist, Harold “Geezil” Minerve’s main state to popularity is that he was Johnny Hodges’ substitute in Duke Ellington’s Orchestra after Hodges’ unexpected death. Minerve was raised in Florida and started playing music when he was 12. In early stages he used Ida Cox, freelanced in New Orleans, and caused Clarence Like and Ernie Areas. After amount of time in the Military (1943-46), he continuing playing with Areas, had an extended association with Pal Johnson (1949-57), caused Mercer Ellington (1960), toured with Ray Charles (1962-64) and was the musical movie director for Arthur Prysock. But Minerve’s big minute in the spotlight was his period with Duke Ellington (1971-74), when he frequently had a good quantity of solo space. After Duke’s loss of life, Minerve (who hardly ever recorded being a head) continuing for an interval using the Mercer Ellington Orchestra and freelanced, fading from the jazz main leagues a long time before his loss of life in 1992.