Amos White
Amos Mordechai White (born November 6, 1889 in Kingstree , South Carolina , † July 2, 1980 ) was an American jazz trumpeter .
Live and act
White grew up as an orphan from 1900 in Charleston (South Carolina) , where he played in the Jenkins Orphanage Band as a teenager until 1913 and toured with minstrel shows and traveling circuses. After graduating from Benedict College, he returned to the Jenkins Orphanage to work as a teacher. During the First World War he played in the 816th Pioneer Infantry Band in France; after the war ended he moved to New Orleans . There he worked as a typesetter , played jazz in his spare time and worked a. a. with Papa Celestin and Fate Marable . In the 1920s he took part in numerous recordings of blues singers such as Bessie Smith and Lizzie Miles , and he also played in the band Alabamians . During this time he toured with Mamie Smith and recorded with Tiny Parham and Frank "Big Boy" Goudie . In 1928 he became head of the Georgia Minstrels . In New Orleans he organized the New Orleans Creole Orchestra , in which u. a. and Barney Bigard clarinetist was.
In the 1930s, White moved to Phoenix , where he performed with his own band and local dance bands, such as Felipe Lopez's. He settled in Oakland at the end of the decade and played in marching bands until the 1960s .
Web links
- Entry and photography at Charlestonjazz
- Amos White at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Portrait at Satchmo.com (November 6th) ( Memento of July 2nd, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Charles B. Hersch: Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans , p. 97.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | White, Amos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Amos Mordechai (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingstree , South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1980 |