Alphonse Cox
Alphonse Cox (born February 9, 1902 in Liège ; † 1976 ) was a Belgian jazz trumpeter who worked mainly in France in the 1930s .
Act
Cox was one of first in 1922 to the Creole Five of Arthur Briggs , then the Five Merry Kids around the pianist Jean Pâques in Belgium and toured in 1926 as a member of the Michigan Jazz Band to Gaby Malaël in Italy. In 1927 he worked in London with the New Stompers and Billy Arnold . Then he was active with Charles Remue and His New Stompers Orchestra , with whom he made recordings in London ("Vladivostok"). In 1932 he played alongside Noël Chiboust in Patrick et son Orchester , which Guy Paquinet directed. In 1934 he recorded in Paris with Jazz Patrick on the side of Django Reinhardt . At the end of June 1935 he also took part in a recording session of the Quintette du Hot Club de France , in which he worked with Stéphane Grappelli , Django Reinhardt, Roger Chaput , Joseph Reinhardt , Louis Vola , and the expanded cast of Arthur Briggs, Pierre Allier , Eugène d ' Hellemmes and Baro Ferret recorded the titles "Avalon" and "Smoke Rings". In the field of jazz he was involved in five recording sessions between 1927 and 1935.
Lexical entry
- Emile Henceval Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie Liege 1991
Web links
- Alphonse Cox at Allmusic (English)
- Alphonse Cox at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Adriano Mazzoletti Il jazz in Italia: dalle origini all orchestra grandiflora . EDT 2004, p. 146
- ↑ Brass Bulletin , Issues 89–92 BIM, 1995, where 1905 is given as the year of birth
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2017)
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SURNAME | Cox, Alphonse |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian jazz musician |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1902 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Liege |
DATE OF DEATH | 1976 |