Dan Minor

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Dan "Slam Foot" Minor (* 10. August 1909 in Dallas , Texas ; † 11. April 1982 in New York City ) was an American jazz trombonist of Swing .

Live and act

Minor played in a church orchestra when he was 15 and in a local band called Blue Moon Chasers the following year . In 1927 he became a member of Walter Pages Oklahoma City Blue Devils (the later Blue Devils ), from 1929 he belonged to the Blues Syncopaters , which Ben Smith directed. During this time he also worked in bands with Earl Dykes, Gene Coy, Lloyd Hunter and Alphonse Trent . In 1931 Bennie Moten brought him into his orchestra, in which he also stayed Moten's death in 1935 when Count Basie took over the direction of the band; from 1936 to 1941 he played in the Count Basie Orchestra . On December 23, 1938 he performed with this formation in New York City at the first concert From Spirituals to Swing . Since he played only a few solos, the memory of Minor is obscured by trombonists like Benny Morton and Vic Dickenson . In 1942 he played with Buddy Johnson , and during this time with Cab Calloway . 1945/46 he worked at Mercer Ellington , also with Lucky Millinder and Willie Bryant . In the 1950s and 1960s he mainly worked as a freelance musician. In the field of jazz he was involved in 71 recording sessions between 1929 and 1946.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dave Oliphant: Texan Jazz , p. 97
  2. ↑ a b c Biographical entry by Alex Daboub in The Handbook of Texas Online
  3. ↑ a b c Short biography by Scott Yanow at allmusic.com
  4. ↑ From Spirituals to Swing , liner notes, Definitive Records CD, 2001
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 21, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Minor, Dan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Minor, slamfoot
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trombone)
DATE OF BIRTH August 10, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1982
Place of death New York City