Allan Reuss

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Allan Reuss (* 15. June 1915 in New York , NY ; † 4. June 1988 ) was an American jazz guitarist of Swing .

Allan Reuss, who made his first public appearance as a banjo player at the age of twelve, was a student of George Van Eps , whom he replaced in 1934 at Benny Goodman's recommendation on Epps' recommendation . He played in his orchestra until 1938 (and again briefly in 1943) and went on tour with him. He then worked with Paul Whiteman and from 1939 to 1940 with Jack Teagarden , with whom he played his composition Pickin 'for Patsy , then he played with Jimmy Dorsey in 1941/42 and with Harry James in 1942/43. From then on, Reuss was mainly employed as a freelance studio musician in Hollywood . There he played with Arnold Ross . He has also made records with Mildred Bailey , Bunny Berigan , Benny Carter , Billie Holiday , Lionel Hampton , Coleman Hawkins , Teddy Wilson and Charlie Ventura . Together with Carl Kress and Carmen Mastren, Reuss was one of the pioneers of the "chord solo" style in jazz guitar history. Not - as is the case with Mostly heard, for example, with Eddie Lang - only single notes played in a solo, but quickly changing chords, whereby individual strings are emphasized by the plectrum strike. (Reuss' teacher van Eps also originally belonged to this direction; however, he then developed further in a different direction, to an "orchestral" solo style, which he called "lap piano".) The history of Reuss and van Eps then continues to guitarists like Charlie Byrd, Jim Hall, Wes Montgomery, Joe Pass.

In 1944 he won the Down Beat magazine readers poll as a guitarist and the Metronome magazine poll .

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SURNAME Reuss, Allan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swing jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 1988