Buck Washington
Buck Washington (* 16th October 1903 in Louisville (Kentucky) as Ford Lee Washington , † 31 January 1955 in New York City ) was an American jazz - pianist , singer and dancer.
Buck Washington was a dancer on stage from an early age and began his career in 1917 as a partner of the dancer John W. Sublett ("Bubbles"), who together formed the Buck & Bubbles team and performed in theaters and in vaudeville . The two toured Europe together in the 1930s and made appearances in various films such as Ein Häuschen im Himmel and A Song Is Born . In the 1930s Washington built a reputation as a pianist influenced by Earl Hines and recorded records with Louis Armstrong , including a 1930s trumpet-piano duet with Dear Old Southland and Armstrong's My Sweet orchestra. In 1933 he took part in the last recording session of the blues singer Bessie Smith and in 1934 recorded duos with Coleman Hawkins ("I Ain't Got Nobody", "It Sends Me" and " On the Sunny Side of the Street "). In that year he also played a piano solo (" Old Fashioned Love "). Buck & Bubbles recorded several titles as a duo in 1933 and 1936; In 1936 four songs with band accompaniment. In 1953, John Sublett and Buck Washington separated; this then worked for some time with Jonah Jones when they accompanied the comedian Timmie Rogers .
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- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- John Jörgensen and Erik Wiedemann : Jazzlexikon , Munich, Mosaik, 1967
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| SURNAME | Washington, Buck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Washington, Ford Lee |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist, arranger and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville (Kentucky) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1955 |
| Place of death | New York City |