Eddie Barefield

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Ben Webster , Eddie Barefield, Buck Clayton, and Benny Morton appearing on Famous Door , NYC, circa October 1947.
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Eddie Barefield (* as Edward Emmanuel Barefield on 12. December 1909 in Scandia, Iowa ; † on 4. January 1991 in New York City ) was an American jazz - saxophonist , clarinetist and arranger of the swing .

Live and act

Barefield began playing the piano at the age of ten, and when he was 13 he switched to the alto saxophone. At the beginning of his professional career he worked with Edgar Pillows in 1926 and with West Virginia Ravens in 1927 . In 1930 he studied clarinet at the Chicago Conservatory, in 1931 he played with Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum , in 1932 with Bennie Moten (with whom he also arranged with Eddie Durham ) and the McKinney's Cotton Pickers . From 1933 to 1936 he was a member of Cab Calloway's band, with whom he visited Europe in 1936. In 1937 he played with Les Hite , in 1938 with Fletcher Henderson and Don Redman , in 1939 again with Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald . In 1940 he had his own formation and also worked for Coleman Hawkins . In 1941 he was with Benny Carter and in 1942 with Duke Ellington . From 1942 to 1946 he was employed by various radio stations. In 1947 he returned to Ellington and in 1948 also worked for him as an arranger. In the same year he conducted the music for the play Endstation Sehnsucht on Broadway . In 1950 he was employed in Sy Oliver's orchestra and with Fletcher Henderson, then mainly with Cab Calloway until 1958. With this he toured South America in 1951 and 1958. In 1958 he visited Europe with Sammy Price . In 1959 he was the conductor of the Jazz Train Show . Barefield also went to the recording studio with his own bands. In addition to the musicians mentioned, he was also involved in recordings by Lionel Hampton ( Drum Stop ; 1937), Roy Eldridge 1956, Bernie Young and Ben Webster .

Discographic notes

Eddie Barefield (back left) with guitarist Al Casey , New York, around 1947. Photo: Gottlieb.
  • Plays the Work of Edgar Battle (Cosmopolitan, 1962)
  • Plays Ballad Beautiful by Edgar Battle (Cosmopolitan, 1964)
  • Eddie Barefield ( RCA , 1974)
  • The Indestructible Eddie Barefield (Famous Door, 1977)

Web links

literature

  • John Jörgensen & Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Munich, mosaic, 1967
personal data
SURNAME Barefield, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barefield, Edward Emmanuel (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician, arranger and conductor
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Scandia, Iowa
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1991
Place of death New York City