Edmond Hall
Ed (moon) Hall (born May 15, 1901 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † February 11, 1967 in Cambridge , Massachusetts ) was an American clarinetist and saxophonist who played traditional jazz .
Life
Hall was self-taught in a musical family - his father was the clarinetist Edward Hall sr., His brothers Robert (clarinet, saxophone), Clarence (saxophone, guitar, banjo) and, as the youngest, Herb (clarinet), who also appeared on numerous albums (a.o. with Wild Bill Davison ) can be heard. The trombonist Trummy Young wrote in his Edmond Hall biography (1955): " Barney Bigard and Ed were two of the greatest clarinet players from New Orleans" . His big, full tone and his powerful way of playing were outstanding. Hall achieved his very unusual, hardly a "normal" clarinet sound, but more like a saxophone-associating tone through his special way of filing his game sheets. As with Johnny Dodds , Frank Teschenmaker and Pee Wee Russell , his phrasing remained predominantly staccato . Despite technical limitations, Hall was able to achieve top performances in both blues and lyrical, ballad-like pieces due to the always recognizable deep emotionality of his playing. He always strived to develop himself further and even switched to another clarinet system towards the end of his career.
In the 1920s he played in regional bands in the US South, including the Pensacola Jazzers , later in New York, especially with the trumpeter Frankie Newton, and from 1942 to 1944 under Teddy Wilson . At first, Hall was better known as a baritone saxophonist than a clarinetist. The work with his own bands followed, u. a. with recordings for Continental with his Cafe Society Orchestra . He worked with some of the best swing musicians such as Johnny Guarnieri (piano, celeste, harpsichord), Red Norvo (vibraphone) and Charlie Christian (these recordings are among the few on which Christian can be heard on acoustic guitar). In the mid-1950s, Ed Hall belonged to the all-star formation Louis Armstrongs , with whom he toured in Chicago around 1956 and there on June 1 with Trummy Young (trombone), Billy Kyle (piano), Dale Jones (bass) , Barrett Deems (drums) and Armstrong provided an outstanding session ("Clarinet Jam"). In Armstrong's all-star concerts, Hall was regularly featured with his personal bravura piece "Dardanella". In December 1966, a few weeks before his death, he recorded a number of legendary tracks in Copenhagen with Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband and Jorn Jensen's Trio, including a. also "Ed's Blues".
Hall died of a heart attack after shoveling a path from the snow. He also made music in concerts and recordings with Claude Hopkins , Billie Holiday , Lionel Hampton , Joe Sullivan , Coleman Hawkins , Jack Teagarden , Harry Belafonte and others. v. a. and was at times a permanent member of the legendary band of Eddie Condon in the 40s at the side of musicians such as Wild Bill Davison , Max Kaminsky and George Brunies .
Discographic notes
LPs:
- Take it Edmond Hall with your clarinet that ballet (Queen Disc - 1941–1947) with Red Allen , JC Higginbotham , Kenny Kersey , Billy Taylor , Roy Eldridge , Charlie Shavers , Vic Dickenson , Benny Morton , Ben Webster , Art Tatum , Al Casey , Slam Stewart , Sid Catlett , Emmett Berry , Teddy Wilson , Harry Carney , Everett Barksdale , Sidney De Paris , James P. Johnson , Ralph Sutton , Danny Barker , Pops Foster , Baby Dodds
- Swing Session (Ace of Hearts - 1943/1944) with Emmett Berry , Vic Dickenson , Eddie Heywood , Al Casey , Billy Taylor b, Sid Catlett , Teddy Wilson , Arthur Trappier
- Ed Hall & the All Star Stompers - This is Jazz Vol.3 (Storyville - 1947) with Wild Bill Davison , Jimmy Archey , Ralph Sutton , Danny Barker , Pops Foster , Baby Dodds
- At the Club Hangover (Storyville 1954) with Ralph Sutton , Walter Page
- Rumpus on Rampart Street (Mount Vernon Music - 1959) with Dick Cary , Jimmy Raney , Al Hall , Jimmy Crawford
- Edmond Hall Quartet in Copenhagen (Storyville 1966)
CDs:
- Edmond Hall 1937–1944 (The Chronogical Classics) with Billy Hicks voc, Fernando Arbello , Meade Lux Lewis , Charlie Christian , Israel Crosby , Sidney De Paris , Vic Dickenson , James P. Johnson , Sid Catlett , Teddy Wilson , Carl Kress , Red Norvo
- Edmond Hall - Broadcast from Club Hangover (San Francisco 1954) with Ralph Sutton , Walter Page
- Petite Fleur (Blue Note - 1959) with Emmett Berry , Vic Dickenson , Ellis Larkins , Milt Hinton , Jimmy Crawford
- Milton Jazz Concert (IAJRC-Records - 1963) with Bobby Hackett , Vic Dickenson
- Edmond Hall Quartet in Manchester (Jazzology - 1966) with Colin Bates p,
- Edmond Hall in Copenhagen (Storyville 1966) with Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband
- Edmond Hall with Alan Elsdon (Jazzology - 1966) with Alan Elsdon tp
- Edmond Hall's Last Concert (Jazzology - 1967) with Bobby Hackett
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl-Heinz Holler: Jazz guide . Person part, Leipzig 1980
Web links
- Edmond Hall at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to other information in Reserve , Louisiana
- ↑ Edmond Hall's Last Concert at Allmusic (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hall, Edmond |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hall, Ed. (Short name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz clarinetist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans or Reserve , Louisiana |
DATE OF DEATH | February 11, 1967 |
Place of death | Cambridge , Massachusetts |