Frankie Jaxon
Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon (* 3. February 1895 in Montgomery , Alabama , † 1944 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz - singer of the New Orleans Jazz and comedian.
Half Pint Jaxon was a vaudeville singer and comedian; he began his career in show business around 1910 as a singer in cafes, cinemas and bars in Kansas City . He toured the United States regularly between 1916 and 1921 and performed with King Oliver and Freddie Keppard in Chicago at the Sunset Cafe and Plantation Cafe in the early 1920s . In the late 1920s, recordings with Tampa Red and Thomas A. Dorsey were made under the title Black Hillbillies . In the 1930s he appeared in Chicago with his band under the title Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon And His Quarts of Joy ; their music had strong humorous traits ("Operation Blues"). In 1941, Jaxon retired from show business and worked for the United States Department of Defense .
Web links
- Works by and about Frankie Jaxon in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography at redhotjazz
- Frankie Jaxon at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of birth according to Bluesnexus ( memento of the original dated June 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaxon, Frankie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaxon, half pint |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montgomery, Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1944 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |