Chink Martin

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Papa Jack Laine (seated) with his band (standing from left to right): Manuel Mello, Alcide Nunez , Leonce Mello, Alfred "Baby" Laine, "Chink" Martin Abraham, Tim Harris (1910)

Chink Martin (actually Martin Abraham Sr. , born June 10, 1889 in New Orleans , † January 7, 1981 ibid) was an American musician (bass, tuba) of New Orleans and Chicago jazz .

Live and act

Chink Martin first played guitar at the age of eleven, then switched to violin and mandolin. He began his career as a tuba player in 1910 in the Reliance Brass Band of Papa Jack Laine . The double bass was added as a second instrument . In 1923 the first recordings were made with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in Chicago . In 1924 he returned to New Orleans and worked for John Bayersdorffer and Freddie Newman before joining the reorganized New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1925 . Then he played with the Halfway House Orchestra and the New Orleans Harmony Kings under the direction of drummer Tom Earley, later with the New Orleans Swing Kings . In the 1930s he also worked as a studio musician for the radio station WSMB; In the next few decades he worked as a freelancer in New Orleans (with Sharkey Bonano , Santo Pecora , Pete Fountain , Al Hirt and Doc Souchon 1969). Since the 1960s he played bass with the Crawford-Ferguson Night Owls ; In 1963 he presented an album under his own name.

Chink Martin is father of bassist Martin "Little Chink" Abraham, Jr. and brother of musician Willie Abraham.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Different year of birth at Louisiana Digital Library ( memento of the original from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / louisdl.louislibraries.org
  2. ↑ Brief portrait at Satchmo.com (January 7th) ( Memento of the original from April 21st, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.satchmo.com
  3. ↑ a b portrait at All About Jazz
personal data
SURNAME Martin, Chink
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abraham, Martin senior (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (bass, tuba) of New Orleans and Chicago jazz
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH 7th January 1981
Place of death New Orleans