Gene Rodemich
Eugene Frederick "Gene" Rodemich (born April 13, 1890 in St. Louis , † February 27, 1934 in New York City ) was an American jazz pianist , band leader and film composer .
Live and act
Rodemich was the son of a dentist; as a child he learned the piano. He heard ragtime for the first time at the 1904 World's Fair , after which he began to play interpretations of familiar themes. When he was 19, he played on the river steamer that President William Howard Taft took down the Mississippi in 1909. In the following years he was given the opportunity to perform at parties and in country clubs. In 1913 he moved to New York, played in vaudeville and during the First World War with the troop support in France. On his return to St. Louis in 1918, he directed smaller ensembles until he became the band leader of a 22-piece orchestra that performed at the Liberty Theater. His orchestra had a national hit with " Swanee " on Brunswick Records , (1919). For Brunswick Rodemich took on further records like "Blue Grass Blues", "Love Tales", "Margie", "Tia Juana", "Twilight", "Worryin Blues" and "Wolverine Blues", on which jazz musicians like Frank Trumbauer ("By the Pyramids" 1921), Porter Brown and Larry Conley contributed. In 1926 he moved to Boston for two years, where he had a two-year contract with the Metropolitan Theater. He then worked in New York in the CBS studios and wrote music for the show Merry-Go-Round and a number of animated films. He died in 1934 while working on the music for the cartoon film Aesop's Fables and Frank Eaton Sports Travelogues from the effects of pneumonia . In the field of jazz he was involved in 11 recording sessions between 1920 and 1926.
Web links
- Gene Rodemich at Discogs (English)
- Gene Rodemich in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b See Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . 2006
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 25, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rodemich, Gene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rodemich, Eugene Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist, band leader and film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1934 |
| Place of death | New York City |