Don Kirkpatrick

Donald "Don" Kirkpatrick (born June 17, 1905 in Charlotte (North Carolina) , † May 13, 1956 ) was an American jazz pianist and arranger of swing .

Don Kirkpatrick played with Chick Webb ( Heebie Jeepies , 1931) from 1926 to 1933 and with Elmer Snowden and Don Redman from 1933 to 1937. He also worked as arranger for Teddy Hill , Count Basie , Cootie Williams , Buddy Johnson , Benny Goodman and other band leaders. Kirkpatrick recorded records with Benny Morton in 1934, Sidney Bechet , Bunk Johnson in 1947 and as a member of the Wilbur De Paris Orchestra from 1952 to 1955 . Shortly after leaving the New New Orleans Jazz Band, Kirkpatrick died of pneumonia.

Lexical entry

Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
Martin Kunzler : Jazz-Lexikon , Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1988.
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kirkpatrick, Don
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kirkpatrick, Donald (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz pianist and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH	June 17, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Charlotte, North Carolina
DATE OF DEATH	May 13, 1956