Arnett Nelson

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Arnett T. Nelson (born March 3, 1892 in Ellisville (Missouri) , † March 14, 1959 in Chicago ) was an American musician (tenor and alto saxophone, clarinet), who in the 1920s and 1930s with numerous Jazz and blues recordings.

Live and act

Nelson grew up near Laurel, Mississippi and served in World War I in 1917. He made his first appearances in the band of Lee Collins ' father , then played in the 1920s with Jimmy Wade , with whose Moulin Rouge Orchestra (including Eddie South and Teddy Weatherford ) his first recordings were made in 1924. also during this time with Perry Bradford , Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon (1929), in the 1930s with Ike Smith and His Chicago Boys, the Chicago Rhythm Kings (including Jimmy Bertrand ), the Washboard Rhythm Kings ("Please Come Down to My House "), the Harlem Hamfats (aka State Street Swingers in" Chicago Rhythm ", 1936) and with the Kansas City Tin Roof Stompers .

Nelson also recorded under his own name as Arnett Nelson & His Hot Four , which included Casey Bill Weldon , Big Bill Broonzy , Black Bob Hudson and Bill Settles ("You Waited Too Long," 1936), as King Mutt and His Tennessee Thumpers (with Frank Melrose , Jimmy Blythe and Al Miller, among others ). He also accompanied Lil Johnson , Bumble Bee Slim ("Slave Man Blues", 1936), Tampa Red ("Blue and Evil Blues"), Leonard Scott , Lorraine Walton , Washboard Sam ("Phantom Black Snake", 1938), on recordings . Victoria Spivey and her sister Sweet Pease Spivey (aka Hannah May & the State Street Four ) as well as with Red Nelson & His Washboard Band and Mary Mack & the State Street Swingers. In the field of jazz he was involved in 34 recording sessions between 1923 and 1937. In the years after 1940, alcoholism progressively undermined Nelson's health and slowed down his professional activities.

Nelson wrote the song "Buddy's Habits" with Charley Straight, which was recorded in 206 versions after Tom Lord , u. a. by King Oliver (1923), The Bucktown Five (with Muggsy Spanier , 1924), Red Nichols (1926), Buddy Featherstonhaugh (1943), later also by Humphrey Lyttelton , Sidney Bechet , Claude Luter , the Dutch Swing College Band , Cy Laurie , Alex Welsh and Kenny Ball was covered.

Allmusic compares Nelson with the early jazz clarinetists Wilbur Sweatman , Volly DeFaut, Wilton Crawley , Johnny Dodds , Arville Harris , Jimmy O'Bryant and Mezz Mezzrow .

Discographic notes

  • Arnett Nelson & The Rhythm Kings: When the Music Sounds Good 1935-1938 (Magpie Records, ed. 1978)
  • Washboard Sam, Big Bill Broonzy , Memphis Slim , Roosevelt Sykes , Arnett Nelson: Vol. 1 (1937-1947) (Rst Records, ed. 1990)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 31, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Nelson, Arnett
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nelson, Arnett T .; Mutt, King
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and blues musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellisville, Missouri
DATE OF DEATH March 14, 1959
Place of death Chicago