Charlie Irvis
Charles Irvis , mostly written Charlie Irvis , (born May 6, 1899 in New York City , † 1939 ) was an American jazz trombonist who was an early member of Duke Ellington's band .
Irvis played with Bubber Miley in a youth band, accompanied the blues singer Lucille Hegamin with her "Blue Flame Syncopators" from 1920 to 1921 and then performed with the pianist Willie The Lion Smith before joining Duke Ellington's "Washingtonians" in 1924 ( at that time the band was still under the direction of Elmer Snowden for a month , as the predecessor of his friend Tricky Sam Nanton . With the trumpeter Bubber Miley, who is also friends, he was involved in the development of the "Jungle Sound" at Ellington ( growl effects ). At the end of 1926 he left Ellington to play with Charlie “Fess” Johnson's “Paradise Ten” (1927 to 1928). From 1929 to 1930 he played with Jelly Roll Morton (of which there are recordings). In the 1920s he also recorded with Clarence Williams , George McClennon and Fats Waller . In 1931 he was briefly with the band of his childhood friend Bubber Miley and then with Elmer Snowden, but then disappeared from the music scene in the course of the 1930s.
literature
- James Lincoln Collier: Duke Ellington . Berlin, Ullstein, 1998
Web links
- Irvis at trombonesonline
- Photo ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
Remarks
- ↑ unsure, as well as the place of birth
- ↑ According to Ellington, independent of Miley, as a side effect of a broken damper, according to Ellington biographer Collier, he learned it from Miley.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Irvis, Charlie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Irvis, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 6, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1939 |