Earle Warren
Earle Warren , sometimes written Earl Warren, (* 1. July 1914 in Springfield , Ohio ; † 4. June 1994 ) was an American jazz - saxophonist (alto) (sometimes singer), known as a member of the Count Basie Orchestra .
life and work
Warren played the piano, banjo and ukulele in the family band before switching to the saxophone. In 1933 he sang with Art Tatum , played with Marion Sears and led his own big band in Cincinnati in the mid-1930s , before joining Count Basie in 1937 , of which he was a member until it was temporarily disbanded in 1949. With Basie he directed the saxophone, but was only used occasionally for solos. In 1945 he had the opportunity to record under his own name in a larger line-up for Savoy Records ( Circus in Rhythm ); Contributors were u. a. Harry Sweets Edison , Al Killian , Joe Newman , Dickie Wells , Jimmy Powell , Buddy Tate , Lester Young, Clyde Hart , Freddie Green and Jo Jones .
In 1949 he played in bands with his trumpeter colleague from the disbanded Basie band, Buck Clayton . In the 1950s he worked as a freelance musician, as a manager for musicians such as Johnny Otis and Eddie Heywood, and as musical director of the Apollo Theater in New York and the Howard Theater in Washington . In 1957 he appeared again with a Basie-star band in the TV movie The Sound of Jazz , and took part in the 1959 European tour of Buck Clayton. At the end of the decade, he changed subjects . He ran bands for rock producer Allan Freed, managed James Brown and The Platters, and directed Diana Ross' backing band . However, he appeared in 1961 at the Newport Jazz Festival and accompanied Lena Horne . From 1973 to 1992 he directed The Counts Men with Dicky Wells and Claude Hopkins . He also appeared in John Jeremy’s 1973 film Born to Swing, about the 1940s Count Basie band. Warren was on recordings by Buck Clayton, Sir Charles Thompson , Milt Buckner and Lester Young involved.
Lexigraphic entries
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
Web links
- Works by Earle Warren in the catalog of the German National Library
- Earle Warren at Allmusic (English)
- Peter Watrous: Earle Warren Is Dead at 79; Jazz saxophonist and singer. New York Times , June 7, 1994.
Remarks
- ↑ He replaced Coughey Roberts, who had to leave under pressure from John Hammond . Herschel Evans and Lester Young had been sent in search of replacements and "discovered" Warren.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warren, Earle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warren, Earl; Warren, Earl Ronald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1994 |
| Place of death | Springfield , Ohio |