Edward Inge
Edward Frederick Inge (born May 7, 1906 in Kansas City , † October 8, 1988 ) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist (alto, tenor) and arranger of swing .
Inge learned the clarinet from the age of twelve and initially worked in George Reynolds' orchestra in Kansas City. In the 1920s he played with Dewey Jackson , Art Sims and his Creole Roof Orchestra and Oscar Young . From 1929 to 1931 he was with McKinney's Cotton Pickers and from 1931 to 1939 in Don Redman's band . From 1940 to 1943 he was a successor to Don Byas in Andy Kirk's band .
After that he mainly worked as an arranger. His arrangements have been used by Louis Armstrong , Don Redman, Jimmie Lunceford, and many others. In the mid-1940s he had his own band in Cleveland and lived and worked in the Buffalo (New York) area from the 1950s . There he led his own bands and played with Cecil Johnson in the 1960s and in the 1970s with CQ Price .
Inge has recorded with Redman, Sims, Red Allen , McKinney's Cotton Pickers, Lunceford, Benny Morton , Coleman Hawkins , Mary Lou Williams , the Mills Brothers , Cab Calloway and the Boswell Sisters , among others .
literature
- 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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| SURNAME | Inge, Edward |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Inge, Edward Frederick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1988 |