Deane Kincaide
Deane Kincaide (* 18th March 1911 in Houston , Texas ; † 14. August 1992 in St. Cloud , Florida ) was an American jazz - saxophonist ( alto , tenor , baritone ), clarinetist , arranger and composer of swing and Dixieland .
Kincaide grew up in Decatur, Illinois . He learned a number of instruments such as the piano and trombone and then focused on the tenor saxophone. He played locally in Illinois (with Byron Hart), 1932 with Wingy Manone , 1933 to 1935 with Ben Pollack in Chicago and then with former members of the Pollack band from 1936 to 1939 with Bob Crosby , where he was also the main arranger. In 1937 he was with Woody Herman , for whom he also arranged, played again with Crosby and Manone and was from March 1938 to January 1940 with Tommy Dorsey , for whom he arranged his big hit Boogie Woogie by Pinetop Smith and Hawaiian War Chant . He was briefly with Glen Miller and then from 1942 to 1945 in the US Navy, where he played on the USS Franklin in the orchestra of Saxie Dowell . He then arranged mainly for the Dixieland Revival (such as Royal Garden Blues in 1936 with Crosby), played in Ray McKinley's band from 1946 to 1950 and 1956 , with Benny Goodman at the world exhibition in Brussels in 1958 , toured with him in the early 1960s Yank Lawson and was in the band on The Tonight Show from 1963 to 1965 . In 1981 he retired. He died of a stroke that he had suffered two years earlier.
He recorded under his own name and with Ben Pollack, Benny Goodman (for whom he also arranged Bugle Call Rag ), Bob Crosby, Lionel Hampton, Woody Herman, Tommy Dorsey, Bobby Hackett , Ray McKinley, Wild Bill Davison and Muggsy Spanier . Tom Lord lists 292 recordings from 1933 to 1971 in his Jazz Discography.
He played in the 1934 film Ben Pollack and his Orchestra (as did Jack Teagarden).
Lexical entry
- 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
- Texas State Historical Association
- Deane Kincaide at Allmusic (English)
- Deane Kincaide in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Deane Kincaide at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kincaide, Deane |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 18, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Houston , Texas |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1992 |
| Place of death | St. Cloud , Florida |