Bill Stegmeyer
William John "Bill" Stegmeyer (born October 8, 1916 in Detroit , † August 19, 1968 in Long Island ) was an American jazz musician ( clarinet ) and arranger .
Live and act
Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College, where he met Billy Butterfield ; he began his career in 1938 in the Territory Band of Austin Wylie and played in the late 1930s with Glenn Miller , from 1939 to 1940 with Bob Crosby . In 1944/45 he recorded with Yank Lawson 's Dixieland Band, Una Mae Carlisle , Billy Butterfield, Jerry Jerome , Louis Armstrong , Pearl Bailey , Trummy Young , Billie Holiday , Monica Lewis and Martha Tilton . In 1945 he published several titles under his own name (“Swingin 'Up and Down”, “Bosco and His Doghouse” in octets (including with Billy Butterfield, Hymie Schertzer ) and Bob Haggart ) on Signature Records , and in November 1945 the standard “ Tea for Two “on V-Disc .
For a recording session Billie Holidays for Decca Records ("Good Morning Heartache") in 1946, Stegmeyer led a studio orchestra. He also worked from 1948 to 1950 as an arranger for the radio station WXYZ in Detroit, then for Your Hit Parade (1950-58) and in the 60s for CBS. In the late 1940s he played a. a. at Billy Butterfield, next to Bobby Hackett , Frankie Trumbauer , Sophie Tucker , The Modernaires , Thelma Carpenter / Mitchell Ayres and Tony Pastor . In the early 1950s he was a member of the Yank Lawson-Bob Haggart Band ( Play Jelly Roll's Jazz , Decca 1951), with whom he also Ella Fitzgerald (“Basin Street Blues”) and Connee Boswell (“It Made You Happy When You Made Me Cry ”). With his studio orchestra he accompanied the singer Lisa Morrow for King Records in 1952. He also worked with Will Bradley , Jimmy McPartland , Ray McKinley , Lou McGarity , Peanuts Hucko , George Wein 's Dixie Victors, Ruby Braff and Vaughn Monroe during this time . In 1961 he worked as arranger for Benny Goodman's orchestra, and in 1963 for Sammy Spear ( A Little Traveling Music ). In the field of jazz he was involved in 169 recording sessions between 1938 and 1965, most recently on Yank Lawson's album Big Yank Is Here! ( ABC-Paramount ).
Web links
- Bill Stegmeyer at Allmusic (English)
- Bill Stegmeyer at Discogs (English)
Lexical entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8 .
Notes and individual references
- ^ The Rough Guide to Jazz, ed. by Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley , 2004
- ↑ Side A: Buddy Rich and his V-Disc Speed Demons Featuring Ella Fitzgerald ( That's Rich ). Side B: 'Bill Stegmeyer and his Hot Eight. published March 1946.
- ↑ Bill Stegmeyer and His Hot Eight at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Cast: Chris Griffin, Joe Guy (tp), Bill Stegmeyer (as, cond), Hank Ross, Bernie Kaufman, Armand Camgross (ts), Joe Springer (p), Tiny Grimes (git), John Simmons (kb) and Sidney Catlett (dr).
- ^ Lisa Morrow acc by Bill Stegmeyer's Orchestra . Cast: Lisa Morrow (vcl), Billy Butterfield (tp), Cutty Cutshall , Lou McGarity (tb), Bill Stegmeyer (cl, as), Lou Stein (p), George Barnes (git) Bob Haggart (kb) and Cliff Leeman (dr). According to Tom Lord
- ↑ Cast: Ruby Braff (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb), Bill Stegmeyer (cl), Ernie Caceres (bar), George Wein (p), Danny Barker (bj), Milt Hinton (kb) Buzzy Drootin .
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 1, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stegmeyer, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stegmeyer, William John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (clarinet) and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th August 1968 |
| Place of death | long Island |