Harry Reser

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Harry Reser

Harry Reser (born January 17, 1896 in Ohio , † September 27, 1965 in San Francisco ) was an American banjo player and band leader in the field of early jazz and dance music and author .

Live and act

Reser began his music career in dance bands in his home state of Ohio and in the Midwest. In 1920 he moved to Buffalo (New York) and then to New York City, where he worked as a session musician from 1921. Reser also recorded a number of solo banjo records, which showed that his instrument was not just a rhythm instrument . In 1925 he got the opportunity to become director and conductor of the Clicquot Club Eskimo Orchestra , which worked for the radio station NBC . This weekly show was sponsored by Clicquot Club Ginger Ale and soon made Reser known nationwide. In July 1925 he had his first hit in the charts with “Yearning (Just for You)”, followed by “Someone Is Losin 'Susan”, “Imagination” and “Piccolo Pete”; his last successful title was the hit "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal" in 1933 with Jimmy Brierly as the singer. His band included u. a. the jazz musicians George Van Eps and Jerry Jerome . 1933-35 he played with Jimmy McPartland . In the 1920s and 1930s he directed various ensembles for recordings under various pseudonyms, including a. for the Brunswick , Columbia , Edison, Gennett , Okeh , Paramount , Victor and Vocalion labels .

Later he worked mainly in television studio orchestras, in Broadway orchestras and wrote various textbooks for banjo, guitar and ukulele . He died of a heart attack in 1965 during an orchestral rehearsal before the Broadway performance of Fiddler on the Roof .

Publications

  • A Pocketful of Songs - for the uke: contains complete instruction course with chord charts & easy fingering. Shapiro, Bernstein & Co, New York 1950.
  • with Roy Smeck: Radio City Album for Hawaiian Electric Steel Guitar. Radio City, NY Edward B. Marks Music 1953.
  • 6 Magic Chords for Ukulele. Remick Music Corp., New York.
  • Harry Reser's Let's Play the Uke: A Method and Collection for Standard and Baritone Ukeleles. Remick Music Corp. 1959.
  • Harry Reser's Let's Play the Mandolin. Remick Music Corp, New York 1964.
  • Harry Reser's Let's Play Folk Style Guitar [Songbook]. Remick Music Corp 1965.
  • Banjo Crackerjax, 1922-1930. Yazoo 1992.
  • with Bill Triggs: Mel Bay Harry Reser Tenor Banjo Lengen 26 Virtuoso Solos for Tenor Banjo. Mel Bay Pubns, 2006, ISBN 0-7866-6050-3 .

Discographic notes

  • Six Jumping Jacks, Vol. 2 (Old Masters 2001)

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personal data
SURNAME Reser, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist, arranger and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohio
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1965
Place of death San Francisco