Dave Nelson
Dave Nelson (* 1905 in Donaldsonville , † 7. April 1946 in New York City , New York ) was an American jazz - musicians (trumpet, piano, arranger).
Live and act
Nelson first took violin and piano lessons before learning the trumpet . In the mid-1920s he moved to Chicago and was sponsored by his uncle King Oliver . In the late 1920s he worked on recordings a. a. with Jimmy Blythe , King Oliver and James P. Johnson , also as accompanist for blues singers Bertha Henderson , Madlyn Davis and Ida Cox . During this time he also worked with Ma Rainey , Jelly Roll Morton , Richard M. Jones (who taught him arrangement ), Edgar Hayes , Jimmie Noone and Leroy Pickett . In 1927 he recorded under his own name ( Nelson's Paramount Serenaders ) in Chicago, a. a. with Richard M. Jones. From Luis Russell he switched to Oliver's band in the fall of 1929, where he stayed until 1931. Further own recordings ("I Ain't Got Nobody") were made in 1931 for Victor Records ( Dave Nelson and The King's Men , among others with Wilbur DeParis , Buster Bailey , Glyn Paque , Wayman Carver ), in a similar line-up also for Victor as Dave's Harlem Highlights (including Hoagy Carmichael's " Rockin 'Chair " and " St. Louis Blues "). In the late 1930s he worked with Willie The Lion Smith , and in 1944 with Sammy Price Nelson, he led the Territory band Dave Nelson's Harlem Hot Shots , which performed in the New York area. In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 1926 and 1944. In his later years he worked mostly as a pianist, music publisher and arranger at a music publisher until his death as a result of a heart attack.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Dave Nelson at Allmusic (English)
- Dave Nelson at Discogs (English)
- Dave Nelson in the DAHR database , see also other database entries: A B C D E F G (English). Retrieved June 15, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Discographic information on Dave Nelson in DAHR
- ↑ Discographical notes on Red Hot Jazz
- ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 25, 2015)
- ↑ In Dave Nelson’s band, Lloyd Phillips , Danny Barker , Trent Harris and Slick Jones played . See Danny Barker, Alyn Shipton: A Life in Jazz . London: MacMillan Press, 2016, p. 142.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nelson, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nelson David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Donaldsonville , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1946 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York |