Brick Fleagle

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Brick Fleagle with Howard McGhee (trumpet) and Miles Davis on piano; September 1947, photo by William P. Gottlieb
The Brick Fleagle rehearsal band with Snuffy Arthur , Lyle Murphy , Sandy Williams , Pee Wee Erwin and Rex Stewart in the New York Nola Studio, around February 1947. Dick Rimoff on bass is in the back, second from left. Photo: Gottlieb

Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle (born August 22, 1906 in Hanover , Pennsylvania , † April 15, 1992 ) was an American jazz guitarist and arranger of swing .

Live and act

Fleagle attended the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore and played the banjo in Florida from 1923 . He came to New York City with a vaudeville band , where he played guitar in dance bands. From 1926 he played together with Rex Stewart , with whom he befriended. In 1934/35 he had his own band in the Arcadia Ballroom in New York.

In the 1930s he became a sought-after arranger for top big bands like Chick Webb , Jimmie Lunceford , Fletcher Henderson , Rex Stewart and Duke Ellington . He worked regularly for Ellington, who also let him play on some recordings as a guitarist. As an arranger he also copied many of the sheet music and turned it into a business in 1946.

He occasionally recorded with his own band. According to Time Magazine of 1945, they met once a week for a jazz workshop in which 16 musicians from top big bands played new, unusual arrangements.

He recorded a lot with Rex Stewart, including Jack Teagarden , Sonny Greer , Billy Taylor , Timme Rosenkrantz , JC Higginbotham , Sandy Williams and Buck Clayton .

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  1. ^ Time Magazine, July 30, 1945
personal data
SURNAME Fleagle, Brick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fleagle, Jacob Roger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover, Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1992