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Arthur Francis Rollini (born February 13, 1912 in New York City , † December 30, 1993 in Florida ) was an American jazz and entertainment musician ( tenor saxophone and clarinet ).
Live and act
Rollini came from a family of musicians and grew up in Larchmont (USA, New York). The multi-instrumentalist Adrian Rollini was his older brother. In 1929 he played in England with Fred Elizalde , and then worked for the California Ramblers and Paul Whiteman . From 1934 to 1939 he was a member of Benny Goodman's band , then employed by Richard Himber and from 1941 to 1942 with Will Bradley . From 1943 to 1958 he was employed as a studio musician by the American Broadcasting Company , during which time he mostly recorded dance music and then occasionally took part in club appearances.
He is on vinyl recordings with the band by Wingy Manone , Adrian Rollini (1933/34), Benny Goodman, Joe Venuti (1935), Lionel Hampton (1937), Harry James (1938), Louis Armstrong (1945) and Brad Gowans (1946 ) to listen. In 1939 he worked in an All Stars band from Goodman, Bunny Berigan and Jack Teagarden ("Blue Lu").
In 1987 his autobiography Thirty Years With the Big Bands was published .
Lexigraphic entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185/10196). Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
literature
- Arthur Rollini: Thirty years with the big bands , Macmillan 1987
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| SURNAME | Rollini, Arthur |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rollini, kind; Rollini Arthur Francis (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and entertainment musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1993 |
| Place of death | Florida |