Eddie Randle

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Eddie Randle Sr. (born May 27, 1907 in Pulaski County near Cairo (Illinois) , † May 9, 1997 ) was an American jazz trumpeter and band leader who performed in the St. Louis area with his Blue Devils .

Randle grew up in Pulaski County and moved to St. Louis when he was 16, where he lived with his grandmother who was a musician. He came to jazz through the music of McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Don Redman . He was best known as the leader of his Territory Band , Eddie Randle and his Blue Devils , which he formed in 1932. During the 1930s, the Blue Devils' appearances were broadcast on WEW radio. The group was popular for their "hot dance music" . Randle hired promising young local musicians; The young Miles Davis (from 1943 to 1944), Clark Terry , Jimmy Forrest , Lloyd Smith and Willie Akins belonged to Randle's band. He was also a business agent for the St. Louis Musicians' Union during the 1940s . Randle was able to continue his band until after the end of World War II. Shortly before his death in early March 1997, he was honored for his contributions to jazz in his home region.

literature

  • Dennis Owsley City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 Reedy Press 2006, ISBN 978-1-933370-04-0

Individual evidence

  1. Death notification at business.highbeam.com ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / business.highbeam.com
  2. Interview as part of the Oral History Project (1971)
  3. ^ Miles Davis Miles: The Autobiography 1990, pp. 41ff.
  4. Interview summary at siue.edu
  5. Short biography at siue.edu
  6. St. Louis Blues & Jazz Hall of Fame ( Memento from May 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive )