Bob Mielke

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Bob Mielke (* 1926 - April 17, 2020 ) was a musician ( trombone , vocals , also trumpet ) of traditional jazz .

Mielke allegedly began his career as early as the late 1930s; he played in 1947 in New York City with Sidney Bechet / Bob Wilber 's Wildcats, with which recordings for Columbia were made. In the 1950s, Mielke performed in the San Francisco Bay Area at the Pier 23 jazz club ; In the following years he also played with George Lewis , Lu Watters , Ted Shafer , the NOJCNC All Stars (including Jim Goodwin , Bob Helm , Ray Skjelbred and Muggsy Spanier ), with whom he appeared on the 1964 TV show Jazz Casual . In the 1970s he made guest appearances as a member of various hot jazz bands at the International Traditional Jazz Festival Breda . In the 1980s and 90s he played a. a. with Butch Thompson and His Berkeley Gang, Pat Yankee and Bob Schulz and His Frisco Jazz Band, with Dick Oxtot's Golden Age Jazz Band and his own band, the Gold Coast Stompers . In the field of jazz he was involved in 57 recording sessions from 1947 to 2011; he was still performing with his Bob Mielke's New Bearcats in the early 2010s .

literature

  • Jim Goggin: Bob Mielke: A Life of Jazz . 2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://syncopatedtimes.com/bob-mielke-1926-2020/
  2. ^ News of death. Bebop Spoken Here, April 21, 2020, accessed on April 22, 2020 .
  3. ↑ portrait page
  4. ^ Medea Isphording Bern: San Francisco Jazz . 2015, p. 45.
  5. ^ Medea Isphording Bern: San Francisco Jazz . 2015
  6. ^ Rebecca D. Clear: Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress , 1993, p. 64
  7. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 13, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Mielke, Bob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trombone)
DATE OF BIRTH 1926
DATE OF DEATH 17th April 2020