Earl Swope
Earl Bowman Swope (born August 4, 1922 in Hagerstown (Maryland) , † January 3, 1968 in Washington, DC ) was an American jazz trombonist .
He played for Sonny Dunham in 1942 , Boyd Raeburn in 1943/44 , Georgie Auld and Don Lamond (1945). In 1946/47 he was with Buddy Rich , from 1947 to 1949 with Woody Herman and His Orchestra in his second hearth (he was there soloist with Bill Harris ) and recorded in small groups with Stan Getz and Serge Chaloff . In the 1950s he was in 1950-51 Elliot Lawrence worked as a freelancer in Washington DC and New York, was in 1957 in the big band of Jimmy Dorsey , at Lee Castle , 1959 at Louie Bellson . In the 1960s he played locally in Washington DC
He has performed with Boyd Raeburn, Woody Herman , Lennie Tristano (1945, Lost Session by Swope), Charlie Parker ( Washington Concerts 1948 and 1952/53), Willis Conover ( Willis Conover's House of Sounds: Presents THE Orchestra , 1953), Sonny Berman , Louis Bellson, Bill Potts ( Lester Young in Washington DC , 1956 with the Bill Potts Trio), Dizzy Gillespie (1955, One Night in Washington ) and Charlie Byrd (1962).
Swope was influenced by Lester Young and picked up bebop independently from JJ Johnson (and was one of the few trombonists who at the time claimed an independent style from JJ Johnson) and was considered a virtuoso on his instrument, in a very individual soft, rolling, relaxed Southern style in the opinion of Al Cohn , who played with him at Herman. He was considered a musician from the jazz district of Washington DC
He was the brother of jazz trombonist Rob Swope (1926–1967), with whom he also played a lot.
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 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The band members had nicknames after film actresses, Swope was Sonny Tufts , an athletic Hollywood actor from a distinguished Boston family.
- ↑ Ira Gitler : From Swing to Bop , Oxford University Press 1985, p. 240
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swope, Earl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swope, Earl Bowman (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hagerstown, Maryland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd January 1968 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |