Bobby Pratt (trombonist)

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Bobby Pratt (born 1926 or 1927 in Schenectady ; † January 7, 1994 in Manhattan , New York City ) was an American jazz musician ( trombone , piano ).

Live and act

Pratt moved to New York in 1942 at the age of sixteen and played in the swing bands of Charlie Barnet , Johnny Richards , Georgie Auld , Stan Kenton and Raymond Scott ; In 1944 the first recordings were made with Erroll Garner ("I Surrender Dear") for Blue Note Records . Dental problems forced him to first switch to the piano in 1950; In the course of his career he played both instruments, worked as a session musician and performed in New York nightclubs. I.a. he played with Coleman Hawkins , Ben Webster and Sid Catlett in the 1940s ; he was also involved in jam sessions with Charlie Parker . From 1967 Pratt became the resident pianist at Jimmy Ryan’s jazz club and worked there until the club closed in 1983. From the 1980s he joined various clubs, such as the Cajun and Arturo's in Greenwich Village . In the field of jazz he was involved in 16 recording sessions between 1944 and 1989, including a. with Lucky Thompson , Tony Parenti , Joe Muranyi , Roy Eldridge ( Little Jazz and The Jimmy Ryan All Stars , 1975), The Bourbon Street Six, Tom Artin / Pee Wee Erwin , TC Waters , Spanky Davis and most recently with the Peter Compo Jazz Violin Quartet. Pratt died of heart and kidney failure in early 1994 at the age of 67 at St. Clare's Hospital in Manhattan .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Bobby Pratt, 67, Dies; A jazz instrumentalist. New York Times, April 10, 2016, accessed April 10, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed April 11, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Pratt, Bobby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trombone, piano)
DATE OF BIRTH 1926 or 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Schenectady
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1994
Place of death Manhattan , New York City