Benny Washington

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Benny Washington (* around 1900, † after 1934) was an American jazz musician ( drums , vibraphone ) and band leader .

Live and act

Washington directed the formation Bennie Washington's Six Aces in St. Louis in the mid-1920s , with whom he recorded for Okeh Records in 1929 ("Compton Avenue Blues"). Washington's band enjoyed great popularity in the St. Louis area during the second half of the 1920s, where they mostly performed on the St. Paul river steamer . From the end of the decade he played in Chicago with Earl Hines and 1931-35 with Jimmie Noone . In the field of jazz he was involved in twelve recording sessions between 1925 and 1935.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b See Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006
  2. ↑ Members were Andrew "Big Babe" Webb (tp), Harvey Lankford (tb), William "Weedy" Harris (cl, as), Harold Este (cl, ts), John Arnold (p), Pete Patterson (bj). See Tom Lord, Jazz Discography
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 26, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Washington, Benny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums, vibraphone) and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH around 1900
DATE OF DEATH after 1934