Ernest Hill
Ernest "Bass" Hill (born March 14, 1900 in Pittsburgh , † September 16, 1964 in New York City ) was an American jazz bassist ( double bass , tuba ).
Life
Hill played in 1924 with Claude Hopkins , with whom he went on a European tour in 1925 and accompanied Josephine Baker . In 1928 he was in the orchestra of Leroy Smith and Bill Brown and his Brownies and in 1929 in the Eugene Kennedy Orchestra. In the 1930s he played with Willie Bryant (1936), Benny Carter (1933), Bobby Martin ’s Cotton Club Serenaders, Chick Webb , Rex Stewart and Hot Lips Page . In 1939 he was in Europe at the beginning of World War II and fled via Switzerland, where he worked with the tenor saxophonist Marc Strittmacherplayed to the USA. In the 1940s he played with Maurice Hubbard , Claude Hopkins, Zutty Singleton , Louis Armstrong (1943), Cliff Jackson , Herbie Cowens and Minto Kato . In 1949 he was back in Europe, where he played with Bill Coleman in Switzerland and Italy and in 1952 in Germany with Big Boy Goudie . He then returned to New York, where he played with Happy Caldwell , Chick Morrison and Wesley Fagan . From 1954 he worked for the local New York Musicians Union.
He has recorded with Red Allen , Spike Hughes , Putney Dandridge , Benny Carter, Willie Bryant, Hot Lips Page, Eddie South and Sam Price , among others .
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X (lexical entry).
Web links
- Ernest Hill at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hill, Ernest |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hill, Bass (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1964 |
| Place of death | New York City |