Charles Macey

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Charles Macey (* around 1925; † beginning of 2008 ) was an American jazz , rhythm & blues and studio musician ( guitar , pedal steel guitar , Hawaiian guitar , also banjo , mandolin ).

Live and act

Macey worked from the 1950s in New York a. a. as accompanist for LaVern Baker (" St. Louis Blues "), Ruth Brown ( One More Time ), Baby Boy Jennings , Big Maybelle and 1962/65 with Solomon Burke ; In 1962 he played in Chicago with Bobby Gordon ( Old South: New Sound ). In 1950 he made an appearance in the documentary Who's Crazy? . In the second half of the 1960s he worked on recordings by Ray Ellis , Esther Phillips , Herbie Mann , Brooks Arthur and Artie Butler ; most recently with Max Morath's orchestra for the recording of the musical At The Turn of the Century (1969).

During this time Macey also presented several pop singles under his own name such as "The Isle of Skorpios" and "Cotton Candy Love". In the field of jazz he was involved in 15 recording sessions between 1957 and 1969, also with Ray Charles ("Drown in My Own Tears". 1959), Leon Redbone ("Ain't Misbehaving (I'm Savin 'My Love for You)" “), Mickey & Sylvia , The Coasters , Sam Cooke , Neil Sedaka and Barbara Lewis . Macey composed the title "Steel Guitar Polka". In the 1970s he worked a. a. also as a theater musician on New York's Broadway .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Notice of death at. Local 802, February 5, 2008, accessed July 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Charles Macey in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 12, 2018)
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series, 1960, p. 1582.
  5. ↑ Broadway Musicals, 1943-2004, ed. by John Stewart, McFarland & Co, 2012
  6. ↑ Information at Broadway World
personal data
SURNAME Macey, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1925
DATE OF DEATH January 2008 or February 2008