Elijah Shaw

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Elijah W. "Lige" Shaw (also Lyge or Lije Shaw , born September 9, 1900 in Jackson (Tennessee) , † 1982 in St. Louis ) was an American jazz musician ( drums ) who had been in the St. Louis music scene for decades. Louis was active.

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Shaw began performing as a dancer in amateur shows as a child, before self-taught playing the drums. In 1911 he came to Memphis, where he then worked in a dental laboratory; In 1917 he moved to St. Louis with a minstrel show . In 1918 he became a member of the Alabama Minstrels and went on numerous tours in the following years. From 1918 he became involved in the local musicians' union ( Black Musicians Union ), of which he became vice-chairman in 1921. From 1922 he played mainly in St. Louis, u. a. 1924–29 as a house musician in a local theater. During this time he worked as a drummer and also as an organist ( Nickelodeon ) in silent movie theaters . In the 1920s he toured mostly with vaudeville shows such as Wilson Robinson's Bostonians; In 1928 he played with Fate Marable , with trumpeter Walter "Crack" Stanley (1932) and in 1933/34 with Charlie Creath . In the 1940's he worked for Eddie Johnson's Showboat .

During the 1940s Shaw worked less as an active musician; During this time he was chairman of the musicians' union and also worked as a piano tuner . In 1950 he helped found the St. Louis Jazz Club and the band Singleton Palmer Dixieland 6 , with which he also made recordings. Shaw played with Palmer until 1963 in Gaslight Square, St. Louis, then until the 1970s. He taught drummers Charles Bobo Shaw , Kenny Rice and Wilbert Kirk . In the field of jazz he was involved in three recording sessions between 1950 and 1961. In addition to jazz, Shaw played with the Gateway Arch Professional Symphony and the Maplewood / Richmond Heights Symphony . He was honored with the St. Louis Jazz Honor Roll .

Elijah Shaw should not be confused with the American alternative rock producer and sound engineer of the same name.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shaw, Lige (Elijah W.) in Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
  2. ^ A b c See Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006
  3. ↑ Stanley played in the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra in the 1930s .
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 25, 2015)
  5. ↑ St. Louis Jazz Honor Roll
  6. ↑ Elijah Shaw at Discogs (English)
personal data
SURNAME Shaw, Elijah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shaw, Elijah W .; Shaw, Lige; Shaw, Lyge; Shaw, Lije
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Jackson (Tennessee)
DATE OF DEATH 1982
Place of death St. Louis