Eddie Beal

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Eddie Beal (born June 13, 1910 in Redlands , California , † December 15, 1984 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz , rhythm & blues musician ( piano , arrangement ) and songwriter .

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Eddie Beal moved to Los Angeles around 1930 and began his career as a drummer before switching to piano in 1931. 1934-36 he toured Asia with Teddy Weatherford ; He then worked for three years in Buck Clayton's band in Shanghai before returning to California in 1936. In the following years he worked as a freelance musician and arranger . His first recordings were made in 1939 when he was a member of Maxine Sullivan's backing band . 1941–1943 he did military service; then he was accompanying pianist for vocalist Ivie Anderson .

From the early 1940s, Beal led his own formations, including a trio with Ulysses Livingston (guitar) and Joe Comfort (bass), with whom he played jazz and R&B numbers such as "At Least You Could Save Me a Dream" (Excelsior, with Herb Jeffries , vocals), Voot Nay On the Vot Nay / I Sold My Heart to the Junk Man (Exclusive, 1948) or Don't Ever Marry a Lady Doctor (Racy Records 1936, with Ben Carter, vocals). In the 1940s he also worked with Buddy Banks , Marion Abernathy , Claude Trenier , Monette Moore , Jimmy Mundy , Ernie Andrews and with the formation Spirits of Rhythm , as well as a vocal coach and head of his own music publisher, for which he played songs like Softly (recorded by Billie Holiday ), and Bye and Bye wrote. With Joe Greene he co-wrote the song Yes! and She's a Comely Wench .

In a duo with Earl Hines , Beal had an appearance in the 1951 film Noir The Strip (starring Mickey Rooney ), on whose soundtrack Beal was also involved, alongside Red Norvo , Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden . He also worked as a musician, arranger or songwriter in the films and TV series Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943), Joe Adams Presents (1951), Manhattan Angel (1949, directed by Arthur Dreifuss ), Rattennest (1955, directed by Robert Aldrich ) and in the musical documentary Blues for Central Avenue (1986). In the 1950s he also worked with vocal bands such as The Platters , The Four Tones, The Robins , The Blossoms and The Diamonds . In the field of jazz he was involved in 48 recording sessions between 1939 and 1959, most recently as accompanist for singer Toni Harper ( Candy Store Blues ).

Eddie Beal was the brother of jazz pianist Charlie Beal (1908-1991).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 60 years of recorded jazz 1917-1977, Volume 6 , ed. by W. Bruyninckx. P. 1281
  2. ↑ With Lucky Thompson and The Basin Street Boys (Ormand Wilson, Steve Gibson)
  3. ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 1, 2017)
personal data
SURNAME Beal, Eddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Redlands, California
DATE OF DEATH 15th December 1984
Place of death los Angeles