Frank Fields

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Frank Fields (born May 2, 1914 in Plaquemine , Louisiana , † September 18, 2005 in New Orleans ) was an American bassist of rhythm & blues and New Orleans jazz .

Frank Fields learned to make professional music during his military service, which he fondly remembered: "There were good opportunities for special lessons on any instrument that interested you." In 1946 he was accepted into Dave Bartholomew's band, which became the " Studio Band." “ Emerged from Cosimo Matassa . Between 1946 and 1957 he was involved in the development of the New Orleans Sound . Fields also learned how to fix televisions through distance learning. Since then, parallel to his musical career, he has also worked as a television repairman in Cosimo Matassa's shop, in the back of which was the J&M studio. A few years older than his fellow musicians, he preferred not to spend the evening with the clique. During this time he worked on hits by Fats Domino , Professor Longhair , Smiley Lewis , Shirley & Lee , Lloyd Price , Huey "Piano" Smith and others. Fields, who u. a. also worked with Cousin Joe , Li'l Millet , Allen Toussaint and T-Bone Walker , was involved in 94 recording sessions from 1947 to 1991, such as on Little Richard's debut album Here's Little Richard from 1957 and on albums by Father Al Lewis . Since the 1970s he has played in the Preservation Hall Jazz Band . Alvin Tyler praised Field's constant play: he had excellent accuracy in both pace and pitch. He played straightforward, clear and strong, without playing himself in the foreground.

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  1. ↑ a b Short portrait at Satchmo.com (May 2) ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.satchmo.com
  2. ↑ Matthew Sakakeeny: Cosimo Matassa. 2003, (accessed November 19, 2014)
  3. ↑ Tony Sherman: Backbeat. Earl Palmer's story . Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, London 1999, ISBN 1-56098-844-4 , 4 Running Wild in this Big Old Town: New Orleans 1945–1957, pp. 62-100 .
  4. ↑ a b John Broven: Rhythm & Blues in New Orleans . Third edition. Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna 1995, ISBN 0-88289-433-1 , The Studio Band, pp. 86-95 (first edition: 1974).
  5. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  6. ↑ Discography by Norbert Susemihl
personal data
SURNAME Fields, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fields, Dude (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Plaquemine , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 2005
Place of death New Orleans