Eugene Fields

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Eugene Fields (* around 1910 , † after 1950) was an American jazz guitarist .

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Eugene Fields, who played left-handed guitar , was a member of the James P. Johnson Orchestra in New York in the late 1930s , with which the first recordings were made. In the 1940s he worked a. a. with Red Allen , Mildred Bailey , Bea Wain and the violinist Eddie South , in whose group he took part in a 1941 jam session at Carnegie Hall ( Cafe Society Concert ). In 1941 he was involved in a V-Disc session with the vocal ensemble The Charioteers , accompanied by James Sherman (piano), Billy Taylor (bass) and Jimmy Hoskins (drums); In 1943 he performed with his own trio in Newark. After the war he accompanied the singer Ann Hathaway as a member of the Ellis Larkins Orchestra; In 1947, trio recordings with Ellis Larkins and bassist Beverly A. Peer for Majestic Records followed . In the field of jazz he was involved in eight recording sessions between 1939 and 1950, most recently with singer and drummer Tom Fletcher for Decca.

He is not to be confused with the trumpeter of the same name, who u. a. played at Coleman Hawkins .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edward Berger, David Chevan, Benny Carter : bassically speaking: an Oral History of George Duvivier . 1993, p. 42.
  2. ↑ a b c Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 31, 2016)
  3. ^ Richard S. Sears: V-discs: a history and discography Greenwood Press, 1980. p. 134
  4. ^ Billboard Nov. 20, 1943
personal data
SURNAME Fields, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz guitarist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1910
DATE OF DEATH after 1950