Bill De Arango
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William "Bill" De Arango (born September 20, 1921 in Cleveland (Ohio), † December 26, 2005 ibid) was an American jazz guitarist .
Live and act
De Arango played from 1939 in local bands of Dixieland and Chicago jazz . After his military service he moved to New York City in 1944 , where he played first with Don Byas and then with Ben Webster . During this time he opened up to the developments of modern jazz and played with Ike Quebec , Red Norvo , Charlie Ventura , Sarah Vaughan and Charlie Parker . In 1946 he was involved in Dizzy Gillespie's recording of 52nd Street Theme . Terry Gibbs played in his own band .
In 1948 he went back to his hometown, where he ran a music business, trained young guitarists and only performed occasionally. In 1954 he played a record with a trio around pianist Johnny Williams for EmArcY ; in the late 1960s he was a member of the rock band Henry Tree . In 1978 he was involved in a recording by Barry Altschul , in 1982 by Kenny Werner . He made a comeback in 1993 when he released a record with Joe Lovano , Ed and George Schuller . He continued to play in the region and made more records before retiring in 1999 due to age. An album with fellow guitarist Michael Bocian was only released in 2007.
Lexigraphic entry
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| SURNAME | De Arango, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De Arango, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 2005 |
| Place of death | Cleveland |