Charlie Creath
Charles Cyril "Charlie" Creath (born December 30, 1890 in Ironton , Missouri , † October 23, 1951 in Chicago , Illinois ) was an American trumpeter , saxophonist , accordion player and bandleader of traditional jazz .
Life
Creath played in traveling circuses and theater bands in the 1900s, and moved to St. Louis around 1919 . There he led music bands on the steamboats of the Streckfus Company, which sailed on the Mississippi between New Orleans and St. Louis. His formations were so popular there that he led several bands under his name in the 1920s, some of which were directed by his sister Marge (1899-1982). On the ship SS Capitol he led a band together with Fate Marable in 1927. He and Marable played together again (after his illness) from 1935 to 1938; at the end of the decade, Creath opened a nightclub in Chicago. During the Second World War he worked in an aircraft factory and retired from professional life in 1945 for health reasons.
Aside from his brother-in-law Zutty Singleton , Ed Allen , Pops Foster , Jerome Don Pasquall , William Thornton Blue and Lonnie Johnson were among the members of Creath's bands . As a leader, he recorded for Okeh Records between 1924 and 1927 .
literature
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X , p. 155.
- Lawrence Koch, Charlie Creath . Grove Jazz online
- John Jörgensen, Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Munich, mosaic, 1967
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
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| SURNAME | Creath, Charlie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Creath, Charles Cyril |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American trumpeter, saxophonist, accordion player and band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 30, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ironton , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1951 |
| Place of death | Chicago , Illinois |