Andrew Webb

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Andrew "Big Babe" Webb (* around 1900 in St. Louis ; † after 1926) was an American jazz trumpeter and cornet player who was active in the St. Louis music scene throughout his life.

Live and act

Webb played Benny Washington's Six Aces in St. Louis ("Compton Avenue Blues," OKeh 1925); In 1927 he accompanied the blues musician Bert "Snake Root" Hatton on recordings for Vocalion ("Down in Black Bottom / Freakish Rider Blues"). In October 1926 he played in Wilson's TOBA band with Leola B. Wilson ("Steady Roll", Paramount ). In St. Louis, he worked frequently with Harry Dial , Dewey Jackson , Shirley Clay , RQ Dickerson , Harvey Langford and Leonard Davis in the 1920s .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b See Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006
  2. ^ Discography at Red Hot Jazz
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 25, 2015)
  4. ↑ Harry Dial: All This Jazz about Jazz: The Autobiography of Harry Dial . 1984, p. 96.
personal data
SURNAME Webb, Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Webb, Big Babe (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter and cornet player
DATE OF BIRTH around 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Louis
DATE OF DEATH after 1926