Ernest Elliott

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Ernest "Sticky" Elliott (born February 23, 1898 in Booneville , † February 1977 in New York ) was an American jazz musician ( clarinet , saxophone ) who accompanied numerous blues vocalists on recordings in the 1920s .

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Elliott was from Detroit and was a member of Hank Duncan's band in 1919 . After moving to New York City, he played in the 1920s with Mamie Smith 's Jazz Hounds , on whose recordings for Okeh Records he was involved. He has also worked with Johnny Dunn , Monette Moore , Clara Smith , Edith Wilson , Eva Taylor , Alberta Hunter , Bessie Smith , Hannah Sylvester , Fletcher Henderson , Sippie Wallace , Thomas Morris , King Oliver , James P. Johnson , and also in the studio band of Pianist Ernest Matson , the Lucky Seven and The Gulf Coast Seven . Elliott was involved in 79 recording sessions from 1920 to 1929. While disappearing from the scene in the 1930s, he returned to the music scene in the following decade, playing in a trio at the Astoria Hotel under the direction of Cliff Jackson . During this time he also played with Willie The Lion Smith before retiring in the late 1940s.

The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance notes that Elliott, along with trumpeter Joe Smith and violinist Leroy Parker, was among the musicians who reproduced the prevailing style of the time.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lars Bjorn, Jim Gallert: Before Motown: A History of Jazz in Detroit, 1920–60. P. 20.
  2. ↑ Scott Yanow critically noted that some of her recordings from 1924 with Elliott were disturbed by his bizarre gaspipe sounds. See Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years , by Scott Yanow, p. 55.
  3. ↑ Discography at DAHR
  4. ↑ 1923 in the line-up with Gus Aiken (cnt), Bud Aiken (trb) ?, Garvin Bushell (cl), Ernest Elliott (cl, ts), Leroy Tibbs (p) John Mitchell (b). See Tom Lord, Jazz discography online
  5. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 6, 2015)
  6. ^ Cary D. Wintz, Paul Finkelman: Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: KY. 2004, p. 850.
personal data
SURNAME Elliott, Ernest
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Elliott, Sticky (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (clarinet, saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Booneville
DATE OF DEATH February 1977
Place of death new York