Chuck Wayne

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Chuck Wayne (right) with Barbara Carroll (center) and Clyde Lombardi at Downbeat, NYC, circa September 1947. Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .

Chuck Wayne (born February 27, 1923 in New York City as Charles Jagelka , † July 29, 1997 in Jackson , New Jersey ) was an American jazz guitarist .

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Wayne became known in the 1940s as a member of Woody Herman's first "Herd" in 1946 (but was also a member of Joe Marsala's band at Hickory House after two years of military service in 1944 ), where he replaced Billy Bauer , and as a member of the first George Shearing Quintets (1949 to 1952). When playing in the clubs on 52nd Street, he was strongly drawn to bebop and was one of the first guitarists to adopt the style. In 1945 he recorded with Dizzy Gillespie . In 1946 his debut album "The Jazz Guitarist Chuck Wayne" appeared with Zoot Sims , Brew Moore , Ed Shaughnessy and George Duvivier (re-issue 1954 as "Tasty Pudding"). In late 1947 he accompanied Lester Young ( The Complete Aladdin Recordings ). In the 1950s he led his own groups in New York and accompanied the singer Tony Bennett on his tours as his musical director from 1964 to 1957 .

Chuck Wayne

In 1958 he worked on the Gil Evans album New Bottle, Old Wine ; from 1959 he was at CBS as a studio musician and he also played a lot in Broadway shows. In the 1960s he had his own trio in New York and began teaching. In the 1970s he performed a lot in a duo with guitarist Joe Puma .

Lester Young: " East of the Sun (and West of the Moon) ", 78 from the Aladdin session with Gene DiNovi , Chuck Wayne, Curly Russell and Tiny Kahn on December 29, 1947

He also played banjo (e.g. on an album from 1963), mandolin, balalaika (his parents were from Czechoslovakia ) and also performed as a classical guitarist. He also emerged as a composer, for example of "Sunny" ( exploited by Miles Davis as "Solar" under his name), named after Sonny Berman , and was also the actual composer of "Butterfingers" and "Prospecting" (attributed to Zoot Sims ).

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  1. ↑ Feather, Gitler "Jazz Encyclopedia"
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SURNAME Wayne, Chuck
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jagelka, Charles (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1997
Place of death Jackson , New Jersey