Chester Hazlett
Chester "Chet" Hazlett (born November 7, 1891 , † April 1974 in Turners Falls , Franklin County , Massachusetts ) was an American orchestral and jazz musician (clarinet, saxophone).
Hazlett worked in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra from the 1920s ; he also worked on recordings with Henry Busse (1925) and Frankie Trumbauer (1928). In 1924 Hazlett was soloist on clarinet at the world premiere of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue at Aeolian Hall. Under his own name ( Chester Hazlett of the Paul Whiteman Orchestra ) he presented the shellac record To a Wild Rose / Valse Inspiration for Columbia Records in 1929 . In the 1930s he played in the studio band of the ARC label, and until 1942 with Dick Powell , the Boswell Sisters (" Sophisticated Lady ", 1933), Jack Teagarden , Chick Bullock , Victor Young , Dorsey Brothers Orchestra , Smith Ballew , Maxine Sullivan and the Victor "First Nighter" Orchestra . In the field of jazz he was involved in 115 recording sessions from 1925 to 1962, most recently with Joe Glover and His Collegians. Hazlett was less a jazz musician than an excellent technician.
Web links
- Portraits and photographs at Find a Grave
- Chester Hazlett at Discogs (English)
- Chester Hazlett at Allmusic (English)
- Discographic note on the recordings with Paul Whiteman
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gunther Schuller . Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development . 1986, p. 192
- ↑ Tom Lord: Jazz Discography (Online, accessed April 22, 2017)
- ↑ chip Defna: Voices of the Jazz Age: Profiles of Eight Vintage Jazzmen . 1992, p. 82
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| SURNAME | Hazlett, Chester |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hazlett, Chet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American orchestral and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1891 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1974 |
| Place of death | Turners Falls , Franklin County, Massachusetts |