Frank Humphries

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Frank "Fat Man" Humphries (born April 8, 1913 in Gracy (Kentucky) ; † November 1978 in Nyack , Rockland County ) was a jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( trumpet , vocals , also trombone , saxophone )

Humphries came from a musical family; his brother Hildred Humphries and his nephews Teddy and Roger Humphries were also professional musicians. His career began in 1928 in the Original Humphries Play Boys family band; During this time the brothers played in the brass section of the band leader Vernon Stern, in 1931 in the Pittsburgh Harlemites combo and from 1933 in the Jack Spruce Ensemble , before forming their own orchestra, which existed between 1935 and 1938.

Humphries played the trumpet with Lucky Millinder's orchestra in the early 1940s and with Cootie Williams , Don Redman and Tab Smith in the 1940s . Starting in 1945, he recorded popular jazz and R&B numbers under his own name for the Pick-Up label (“ After You've Gone ”, with Kenny Dorham and Eddie Durham , among others ), Abbey (“Doby at the Bat”), Derby ( “Big Cat Blues”) and in 1952 for Jubilee Records (“ I Can't Get Started ” and “Lulubell Blues”). After Tom Lord he was involved in 22 recording sessions between 1943 and 1953, including a. with Herbie Nichols (1950) and Wynonie Harris . In the following years he continued to work with his brother, with whom he led a band until the early 1970s.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues: A Regional Experience . 2013, p. 146
  2. ^ Frank Hoffmann, B. Lee Cooper, Wayne S. Haney: Rock Music in American Popular Culture: Rock 'n' Roll Resources . 2013, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 17, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Humphries, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Humphries, Frank; Fat Man (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and R&B musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Gracy (Kentucky)
DATE OF DEATH November 1978
Place of death Nyack , Rockland County