Tag Archives: 1920s – 2000s

Bass saxophonist Harry Silver was a traveling force at the rear of Britain’s postwar Dixieland revival, growing the gospel of traditional jazz for a lot more than 70 years. Created Harry Goldberg on Feb 26, 1907, in Dublin, Ireland, he was raised in London’s East End. In 1919 he went …

Huey Long’s surname is tailor-made to spell it out all types of phenomena, however in the case of the jazz instrumentalist it amounts up the most memorable facet of his profession. In 2004, at age 100, he was still manning a dark history display in Houston at an old-fashioned cooperative, …

A bluegrass music group with a big dosage of gospel thrown in, NewFound Street formed in the 4th of July, 2001, in southwest Ohio. Structured out of Franklin, OH, the group, including Tim Shelton (electric guitar), Rob Baker, Jr. Williams (banjo), and Tim Caudill (bass), made a decision in the …

Les Paul had such a staggeringly huge impact over just how American popular music noises today that lots of tend to neglect his significant effect upon the jazz globe. Before his interest was diverted toward saving multi-layered strikes for the pop marketplace, he produced his name as an excellent jazz …

With a fantastic 85-year career as a specialist entertainer, Dutch actor and singer Johannes Heesters, who turned 103 years of age in 2007, may be the oldest active performer on earth. He was created Johan Marius Nicolaas Heesters on Dec 5, 1903, in Amersfoort, Netherlands, and by his 16th birthday …

To state that Benny Carter had an extraordinary and productive profession will be an extreme understatement. As an altoist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and periodic trumpeter, Carter was near the top of his field since at least 1928, and in the past due ’90s, Carter was as solid an altoist at …

Inside a performing career spanning eight decades from the 20th century, Jimmie Davis embraced both risqué country-blues and later on traditional gospel, meanwhile keeping a concurrent public-service career that noticed him twice elected governor of Louisiana. Actually, his best musical successes arrived during his two conditions as governor, once in …

Indisputably one of the premier gospel sets of the present day era, the Soul Stirrers pioneered the contemporary quartet sound. Pressing the music from the original repertoire of jubilees and spirituals to the visceral, deeply psychological hard gospel design so well-known among postwar listeners, the group’s innovative agreements — these …

b. USA. Miller’s musical apprenticeship arrived within the six member MONOCHROME Melody Young boys in NEW YORK, NY, USA. They presented in several NY musical productions, before Miller founded a full-scale dance music group orchestra in the first 20s. This presented sidemen Ward Archer (drums), Charlie Rocco (trumpet), Miff Mole …

Almost nothing is well known about the life span of Texas guitarist and singer Pete Harris. Seriously affected by Blind Lemon Jefferson, Harris documented 13 paths (including two requires of “Jack port o’ Gemstones”) in Richmond, TX, through the month of May 1934. One of the slashes was a music …