Tag Archives: 1920s – 1960s

Pee Wee Russell, although never a virtuoso, was among the giants of jazz. An extremely expressive and unstable clarinetist, Russell was generally grouped in Dixieland-type groupings throughout his profession, but his advanced and spontaneous solos (which frequently sounded as though he were considering aloud) defied classification. A specialist by enough …

Marlowe Morris was an in-demand pianist who played over the recordings of a number of the most significant jazz horn soloists, including Ben Webster and Lester Teen, in addition to with boogie-woogie and traditional blues artists such as for example Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Hurrying. He was also a …

Among the pioneers of Cajun music, Falcon made the very first commercial Cajun saving, “Lafayette” (“Allons…Lafayette”) along with his wife Cleoma in 1928. Cleoma’s basic acoustic guitar and emotive performing, powered by Joe’s crying accordion, was an instantaneous strike in Cajun nation, foisting a local stardom within the group, who …

Lil Hardin Armstrong will be best known on her behalf impact in shaping Louis Armstrong’s profession (persuading him to keep King Oliver’s music group and accept Fletcher Henderson’s give in NY) and on her behalf use Louis’ Hot Five and Seven, but she actually had a fascinating profession following she …

Horace Heidt could have been the final man to create grand promises about his music skills. What he do have being a bandleader was an hearing for talent as well as the knack for recruiting it, which resulted in his becoming perhaps one of the most effective bandleaders from the …

b. Margaret Solid wood, 9 Feb 1892, Brooklyn, NEW YORK, NY, USA, d. 18 March 1978, Stamford, Connecticut, USA. After learning performing with operatic soprano Emma Calvé, Solid wood began singing within the chorus of musical comedies, before steadily accumulating to small functions. Her Broadway debut is at Victor Herbert’s …

Playing alto, tenor sax, and clarinet, Junie Cobb gained a reputation for flexibility and versatility; he performed many tools well, though he wasn’t great on anybody. He began like a pianist in Johnny Dunn’s music group as a teenager, then shifted from Arkansas to Chicago, leading his personal music group …

Cornetist Johnny Wiggs was created John Wigginton Hyman about July 25, 1899, in New Orleans, LA. He started his music profession playing the violin, but he discovered the cornet and relocated to NEW YORK to try his fortune in their regional scene. He relocated back again to Louisiana in the …

Singer/celebrity Judy Garland had a varied profession that began in vaudeville and extended into films, records, radio, tv, and personal performances. She is greatest remembered because the big-voiced superstar of some movie musicals, specially the Wizard of Oz, where she sang her personal tune, “On the Rainbow.” But unlike almost …

Wilbur DeParis, a satisfactory soloist, was a fantastic ensemble participant and a significant bandleader who helped preserve New Orleans jazz alive in the 1950s. He began on alto horn and in 1922 performed C-melody sax while dealing with A.J. Piron before switching completely to trombone. In 1925, DeParis led a …