Don Ingle

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Don J. Ingle ( February 10, 1931 - March 9, 2012 in Baldwin , Lake County (Michigan) ) was an American jazz musician ( valve trombone , trombone , cornet , vocals ), arranger and journalist .

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Don Ingle, son of the jazz musician and comedian Ernest "Red" Ingle (who played with Jean Goldkette , Bix Beiderbecke and Spike Jones , among others ), began his musical career in 1949 at the age of 18. He studied music and history at Colorado College and Michigan State University . During the 1960s he played with Frank Assunto and the Dukes and in the Jazz Limited formation of clarinetist Bill Reinhardt. Before working full-time as an outdoor journalist, he was a trombonist in the hot jazz tribute band Sons of Bix , with which he a. a. recorded the album Ostrich Walk and performed at the Manassas Jazz Festival in 1978 . Between 1968 and 1987 he participated in a number of recording sessions; u. a. with his band Don Ingle & The Michigan Nighthawks , with which was also active in the 1990s. Ingle, who edited Michigan Forests Magazine and worked for local magazines, died with his wife Jean in a fire at their home.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Obituary at M Live
  2. Red Ingle at Allmusic (English)
  3. Music: Phuff? . Time . October 31, 1949. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
  4. ^ Down beat, Volume 32, 1965
  5. Ingle wrote a. a. also about the Michigan jazz scene in Michigan living magazine .