Dave Black (drummer)
David John "Dave" Black (born January 23, 1928 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † December 4, 2006 in Alameda , California ) was an American drummer of swing and Dixieland jazz .
Life
Dave Black accompanied Charlie Parker on a guest appearance in Philadelphia around 1948, when he was performing at the Blue Note jazz club . Black later briefly became a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra when Louie Bellson left the band; Black and Butch Ballard were the interim drummers until Sam Woodyard took over in 1956 in her legendary performance at the Newport Jazz Festival . Black worked on Duke Ellington's trio album Piano Reflections , and he was also in the band when the Ellington albums were recorded in Hamilton in 1954 and Ellington '55 . In the late 1950s, Black played in Bob Scobey's Dixieland jazz band in San Francisco.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Dave Black on Drummerworld
- Dave Black - drummer with Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker , obituary by Jesse Hamlin in the San Francisco Chronicle , December 6, 2006
- Duke Ellington Band drummer Dave Black, 78 , Adam Bernstein obituary in the Washington Post , December 7, 2006
- Dave Black long Jazz drum solo , video on YouTube , posted on July 9, 2008 (9:48 min)
Footnotes
- ↑ Ruland claims in his biography with Oreos that Butch Ballard took the place on the drums in this session; Cook & Morton and the Bielefeld catalog, however, see Black in this position.
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| SURNAME | Black, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Black, David John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swing and Dixieland jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 2006 |
| Place of death | Alameda (California) , California , United States |