Charlie Elgar
Charles Anthony "Charlie" Elgar (* 13. June 1879 in New Orleans ; † August 1973 in Chicago ) was a jazz - Bandleader and violinist in the Chicago of the 1920s.
Elgar studied violin at various music schools from the age of 12 and played in the Bloom Theater Philharmonic Orchestra in Chicago from 1903. He then returned to New Orleans for a few years before moving back to Chicago in 1913 and forming his own band. He employed many musicians from New Orleans there, according to Manuel Perez . He expanded his quintet to a 15-man big band for engagement in the Dreamland Ballroom in Chicago from 1917 to 1922. The band also went on a European tour with the Revue Plantation Days (without Elgar). He was a member of Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra and toured Europe with them. After his return he led his own bands in Chicago (like his Creole Band) and Milwaukee . After Tom Lord he was involved in a record session in 1926 as a band leader and violinist. From 1930 he worked mainly as a teacher and in the musicians' union.
In his band, among others, Lorenzo Tio , Louis Cottrell senior , Barney Bigard , Ben Thigpen (the father of Ed Thigpen ), Darnell Howard and Omer Simeon played .
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| SURNAME | Elgar, Charlie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elgar, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1973 |
| Place of death | Chicago |