Freddy Taylor

Freddy Taylor , also Freddie Taylor , was an American jazz singer, trumpeter , dancer and band leader of swing .

Live and act

Taylor began his career as a dancer around the New York Cotton Club in the 1930s. With Lucky Millinder's orchestra he came to Europe in 1933, where he worked with his own formations from then on. He took lessons on the trumpet from Bill Coleman . Charlie Johnson, Chester Lanier, Fletcher Allen and guitarist Oscar Alemán also played in his quintet . Taylor is remembered above all for his recording sessions with Django Reinhardt , during which he set the jazz standards "I'se Muggin '" , " I Can't Give You Anything but Love " , " Georgia on My Mind " in May and October 1936 " And " Nagasaki " sang.

The year before, recordings were made for the Oriole label ( “Blue Drag” ; “Viper's Dream” ) with his band, Freddy Taylor & His Swing Men from Harlem . In Paris he later took over the management of a club on Montmartre ; with his own group he also performed in Rotterdam . In 1937 he led an orchestra at the Coliseum that included Louis Vola , Freddy Johnson and Noël Chiboust : Taylor returned to the United States in the 1940s and performed until the late 1960s.

Discographic notes

Django Reinhardt: Americans in Paris (Naxos, 1935–1937)
Django Reinhardt: Swing Guitars (Naxos, 1936–1937)
Django Reinhardt: With Vocals (Naxos, 1933–1941)

swell

Eugene Chadbourne biography on Allmusic
Information about oscar Aleman at zeeland.net
Places of jazz in Paris
Alexander Schmitz: & Peter Maier: Django Reinhardt . Oreos 1988

Remarks

↑ Dietrich Schulz-Köhn witnessed Reinhardt's recording session with the singer: “Freddy Taylor sang some evergreens, but he didn't know the lyrics of ' Georgia on My Mind '. Nobody knew it or could get it until I indicated that I might succeed. Apparently a paradoxical situation for a German in a French studio to write down the text of an American hit that was recorded for English account (the His Master's Voice ) (...). "Quoted from Schmitz / Maier, Django Reinhardt, p. 134.

personal data
SURNAME	Taylor, Freddy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Taylor, Freddie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz singer, trumpeter, dancer and band leader of swing
DATE OF BIRTH	19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH	20th century

[1] Dietrich Schulz-Köhn witnessed Reinhardt's recording session with the singer: “Freddy Taylor sang some evergreens, but he didn't know the lyrics of ' Georgia on My Mind '. Nobody knew it or could get it until I indicated that I might succeed. Apparently a paradoxical situation for a German in a French studio to write down the text of an American hit that was recorded for English account (the His Master's Voice ) (...). "Quoted from Schmitz / Maier, Django Reinhardt, p. 134.