Arthur Hoyle

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Arthur "Art" Hoyle (born September 9, 1929 in Corinth , Mississippi ; † June 4, 2020 ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( trumpet , cornet and flugelhorn ).

Live and act

Arthur Hoyle grew up in Oklahoma and began playing the trumpet when he was eight. At the beginning of his musical career, he played in clubs and dance halls in Gary, Indiana, as a teenager . After completing his military service with the US Air Force, he became a member of the Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago in 1955 , as a soloist on its early albums Super-Sonic Jazz , Sound of Joy, Angels & Demons at Play / The Nubians of Plutonia and Visits Hear Planet Earth .

From 1957 to 1960 he toured the world with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. He then worked for Lloyd Price , Red Saunders and 1962-64 in the CBS studio orchestra. In addition to film and TV soundtracks, he worked on recordings a. a. by Sarah Vaughan , Ella Fitzgerald , Tony Bennett , Lena Horne , Peggy Lee , Quincy Jones , Henry Mancini , Louie Bellson , Oliver Nelson ( Fantabulous , 1964), Joe Williams , Nelson Riddle , Billy Stewart , Herb Lance, and Gene Ammons . In the following years he mainly worked as a studio musician, for example for the R&B formation The Chi-Lites .

He also taught at the Conservatory of Music at the Chicago College of Performing Arts . In 1973 he belonged a. a. with Rufus Reid , Bobby Lewis and Jerry Coleman in the formation The Formfront , with which the album Incantation was created. From the 1970s to the 90s he played a. a. with Shirley Scott , Oscar Brown, Jr. , Ramsey Lewis , Don Bennett, and Harold Ousley .

In 2000 he performed with Sir Charles Thompson ( Robbins' Nest: Live at the Jazz Showcase ). In 2007 he performed at the farewell concert of Franz Jackson ( Milestone ); In 2010 he played as a guest soloist in Mike Reed's band People, Places & Things ( Stories and Negotiations ) In 2019 he took part in a panel discussion about Sun Ra at the Chicago Jazz Festival .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary. legacy.com, June 5, 2020, accessed June 7, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Interview in Chicago Jazz ( Memento from January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 , p. 1396.
  4. ↑ Arthur Hoyle at Discogs (English)
  5. ^ Chicago Jazz Festival Celebrates Sun Ra Centennial. In: JazzTimes . April 25, 2019, accessed June 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hoyle, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoyle, Kind (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Corinth , Mississippi
DATE OF DEATH 4th June 2020