Louis Nelson Delisle
"Big Eye" Louis Nelson Delisle (* 28. January 1885 in New Orleans , Louisiana ; † 20th August 1949 ) was an American jazz - clarinetist of the New Orleans Jazz . He also played bass , banjo and accordion .
Live and act
Delisle studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio senior (father of Lorenzo Tio ) and Luis Tio and played already with 15 years professionally in Storyville district of New Orleans. Around 1905 he was in the Imperial Orchestra, in 1907 in the Golden Rule Orchestra, in the Imperial Band with Manuel Perez and in 1912 in the Superior Orchestra. He also played in the Eagle Band and with Papa Celestin .
His early "hot" style of clarinet playing - although he often used a C clarinet in the beginning - influenced later New Orleans clarinetists such as Jimmie Noone and Johnny Dodds . In 1916/17 he toured with the "Original Creole Orchestra" (including Freddie Keppard ) in Boston and New York , but was later replaced by Jimmie Noone, after which he returned to New Orleans. He played in the Lyric Theater Orchestra in 1918 and repeatedly with John Robichaux from 1918 to 1924 . In 1925 he played with Willie Pajeaud and in the late 1920s with Sidney Desvigne . From 1939 to 1948 he had his own quartet in Luthjen's Bistro in New Orleans. The only surviving recordings are from the last years of his career in the late 1940s (1949). He also recorded with Kid Rena in 1940 .
He should not be confused with the trombonist of New Orleans Jazz Louis Nelson (1902–1990).
He also gave brief lessons to Sidney Bechet .
According to his own statements, he played with Buddy Bolden in Henry Peyton's orchestra during the Robert Charles Riot's in 1900 , but according to Samuel Charters this is uncertain.
Discographic notes
As a leader
- Louis Delisle's Band, American Music 646, 1949, including Clarinet Marmalade, Dinah
As a sideman
- Wooden Joe Nicholas Wooden Joe's Band , American Music 646, 1949, including B-flat Blues, Holler Blues
- Kid Rena , 1940 (Delta 800), inter alia Milenberg Joys, Clarinet Marmalade, Panama; Delisle addition there also played Alphonse Picou with
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
- Lawrence Gushee : Pioneers of Jazz - The Story of the Creole Band , New York, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-973233-3 .
- John Chilton Who´s who of Jazz , Macmillan 1985
- New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, article by Raymond Gariglio
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Chilton Who's who of Jazz
- ^ Samuel Charters A trumpet around the corner , University of Mississippi Press, 2008, p. 84
- ↑ An episode of lynching a white mob in the Storyville district after the colored Robert Charles shot several police officers
- ^ Discographical references according to New Grove Dictionary
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Delisle, Louis Nelson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Delisle, Big Eye (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz clarinetist of New Orleans jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1949 |
| Place of death | New Orleans , Louisiana |