Fred Hall (musician)
Fred Hall (* 10. April 1898 in New York City ; † 6. October 1954 ) was an American jazz - musicians and orchestral conductor. Between 1925 and 1930, Hall recorded over 160 tracks with his orchestra, ranging from jazz to novelty to dance music.
Life
Despite his extensive work, relatively little is known about Fred Hall's career.
Hall was born in New York City in 1898 and started his career as a pianist for various publishers . His professional career began in 1925 when Hall began recording jazz, pop and novelty pieces with his orchestra for numerous record labels. This phase lasted until 1930, which also became his most active and successful. For example, Hall was under the pseudonym Fred "Sugar" Hall and his Sugar Babies for Okeh Records , for Banner Records as Fred Hall's Jazz Band , for Gennett Records as Tin Pan Paraders , for Cameo Records and Banner as Home Towners and for Harmony Records as Honey Swamp Stompers . Hall's band consisted mainly of the trumpeters Mike Mosiello (from 1929), Jack Mollick and Leo McConville , Harry Blevins, the clarinetist Eddie Grosso, banjo player Albert Russo, tuba player Al Morse, drummer Joseph Mayo and Phillip D'Arcy at the Violin , harmonica and second piano .
Hall himself rarely played on recordings. Instead, he preferred to arrange and conduct his orchestra. During this time most of the records were recorded with Hall's friend Arthur Fields as a singer. With him he was represented on many “low budget labels” of the time and both left a large amount of recordings. Hall and Fields were also both talented composers. Her best-known titles include I Got A Code In By Dose and Eleven More Months and Ten More Days . The end of the 1920s were regularly in the Hall and Fields NBC -Show The Sunday Driver to hear.
From 1930 Fields and Hall began during the Great Depression musical a fresh start in the popular old-time music . The market for rural musicians literally "boomed". Under various pseudonyms such as Rex Cole's Mountaineers they played again numerous titles until 1932.
Hall continued to work with Fields until the late 1930s, but little is known about his subsequent career. In 1939 he joined the ASCAP . Hall died in 1954 in his hometown of New York at the age of 56.
Discography
With Hall's extensive activity as a studio musician, it's nearly impossible to compile a complete listing of his singles. Therefore, only re-publications are given in the following.
- 1997: Fred Hall & his Sugar Babies
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hall, Fred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahl, Fred Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and orchestra conductor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1954 |
| Place of death | New York City |