Duke Burrell

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Duke Burrell (born July 9, 1920 in New Orleans , † August 5, 1993 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz pianist , composer , arranger and band leader .

Duke Burrell worked during his career a. a. with Louis Jordan (1973), Johnny Otis and took part in Barney Bigard's last recordings in 1976 . In later years he led his own formations; In 1974/75 Sammy Rimington played in his band Louisiana Shakers . He took part in four recording sessions in the field of jazz from 1973 to 1976,

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait at Satchmo.com (July 9th)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.satchmo.com  
  2. ↑ See Floyd Levins: Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians , p. 154
  3. ↑ cf. Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X , p. 560.
  4. ↑ Tom Lord Discography
personal data
SURNAME Burrell, Duke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1993
Place of death los Angeles