John Ewing

Trombonist John Ewing carried not merely his lengthy horn case however the nickname of “Streamline,” an evocative name to be certain, but not one which appears to have ever been found in some of extensive saving credits. Maybe Streamline Ewing simply sounded too ridiculous, a bit just like a hazy threat that may have been produced against among the heroes on Dallas. The trombonist started gigging in 1934 at age 17 inside a hometown orchestra beneath the path of Richard Harrison; a lot more than 30 years later on, he was still searching good enough to become contained in a music group called the TEENAGERS of New Orleans. You will want to, since he was just a little more than halfway through his profession at that time? His is a existence of solid gigging in some great American jazz rings. The trombonist was still a guy when inducted in to the Horace Henderson orchestra, is at and out of varied Earl Hines genius rings in the past due ’30s and early ’40s, and covered himself a discography well worth shedding on someone’s mind through his involvements having a Louis Armstrong big-band task within the same period. Ewing held busy because the designs transformed, demonstrating showmanship within the Lionel Hampton entourage and honing tempo & blues chops in the past due ’40s as big-band jazz started getting nudged from the picture by harder rhythms. The trombonist gigged with Jay McShann, Cab Calloway, Cootie Williams, Earl Bostic, and many more. With the ’50s, he previously relocated to California, simply in time to demonstrate through to many superior little label tempo & blues edges. Not just one to depart jazz, Ewing was with Teddy Buckner in 1956, back again with Horace Henderson in the first ’60s, and complementing licks with the fantastic trumpeter Rex Stewart within a 1967 touring music group. Long-range involvements with little combos begun to consider him back again to the root base of his music, although he still got program musician phone calls of a far more industrial nature. There is the earlier mentioned TEENAGERS of New Orleans, initial produced in the past due ’60s, accompanied by Chris Kelly’s Dark & Light New Orleans Jazz Band, an organization which was arranged in 1984 and was still dealing with Ewing within the lineup almost two decades afterwards. Kelly also uses the “Streamline” nickname in music group publicity.