Big Chief Russell Moore

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"Big Chief" Russell Moore (born August 13, 1912 in the Komatke Indian reservation near Sacaton , Arizona , † December 15, 1983 in Nyack , New York ) was an American trombonist and singer of hot jazz .

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Moore came from the Pima Indian tribe. In 1924 he moved to Blue Island, Illinois, and received his first musical lessons from an uncle. He learned the piano, drums, trumpet, flugelhorn, but then switched to the trombone. He took further lessons at the Sherman Institute in California and then played in Los Angeles in the early 1930s, initially with Mexican dance orchestras. In 1935 he was with Lionel Hampton and in 1936 in the big band of Eddie Barefield . He worked as a freelancer and went to New Orleans in 1939 , where he played with Papa Celestin , Kid Rena , Armand Piron , Paul Barbarin . In 1939 he was with Ernie Fields , Harlan Leonard and from 1939 to 1941 with Noble Sissle . From 1944 until its dissolution in 1947, he was a member of Louis Armstrong's big band . He then worked as a freelancer again in the Dixieland Revival , often at Jimmy Ryan’s in New York.

He worked again and again from 1947 to 1949 and 1951 with Sidney Bechet , with whom he also recorded. In 1949 he was at the Salon du Jazz in Paris. He then had his own bands and played with Ruby Braff and Pee Wee Russell in 1952 . In 1953 he was back in Europe with Mezz Mezzrow , with whom he also recorded. In 1954 he was part of Jimmy McPartland's band . He played with Eddie Condon , Wild Bill Davison, and other traditional jazz veterans. In 1964/65 he was the successor to Trummy Young with the Louis Armstrong All Stars (with whom he made guest appearances in East Berlin, among others), but left early due to illness. Then he led his own bands again, with whom he often played in Canada. In 1977 he recorded with Cozy Cole . In 1981 he toured the UK with Keith Smith .

He recorded under his own name for Vogue and Trutone in 1953 and for Jazz Art in 1973 .

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SURNAME Moore, Big Chief Russell
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moore, Russell; Big Chief
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American trombonist and hot jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Komatke , Sacaton , Arizona
DATE OF DEATH December 15, 1983
Place of death Nyack , New York