Geechie Fields
Julius "Geechie" or "Geechy" Fields (* 1904 ; † unknown) was an American jazz trombonist .
Fields grew up in 1915 in the Jenkins orphanage in Charleston (South Carolina) and learned the trombone from Eugene "Buddy" Aiken and Jacob "Jake" Frazier . He then appeared regularly at John O'Conner's Club and worked in New York in the 1920s with Earle Howard (1926), Charlie Skeete and Bill Benford; Recordings were made in 1928 and 1930 with Jelly Roll Morton , as well as with Clarence Williams and James P. Johnson . In the 1930s he left the music scene and worked as a sports trainer and boxing coach in New York City.
Web links
- Eugene Chadbourne : Geechie Fields at Allmusic (English)
- Geechie Fields in Discogs (English)
- Discographic notes
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait at Charleston jazz ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2012 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 | Fields, Geechie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fields, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1904 |
| DATE OF DEATH | uncertain: 20th century or 21st century |