George Reed (musician)

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George Reed (* 1922 in Coal County , West Virginia ; † 9. October 2011 in Elmira , New York ) was an American jazz - drummer and singer .

Live and act

Reed grew up in Harlem, New York, near the Savoy Ballroom ; the Basie musician Jo Jones and Freddie Green were his early mentors. In the course of his career he played a. a. with Charlie Parker , Red Allen , Marian McPartland , Joe Venuti , Buddy Tate and Bertha Hope . In 1970 he toured Europe in the all-star formation Saints and Sinners around Vic Dickenson and Red Richards . As a drummer and singer he played in his later years with the swing and dance band Lindy Hop Heaven and performed frequently at the Green Pastures jazz club in Elmira, where he had lived since 1990 and was a mentor for younger jazz musicians. In the 2000s he had a trio with Jeff Barone (guitar) and Ron Oswanski (organ). Reed, who was active as a musician until 2010, died in October 2011 at the age of 89 in the Chemung County Nursing Facility in Elmira.

Discographic notes

  • Red Allen: Live 1965 ( Storyville Records , 1965)
  • The Buddy Tate Celebrity Club Orchestra: Unbroken ( MPS , 1970)
  • The Saints & Sinners In Europe (MPS, 1970) with Rudy Powell , Red Richards, Vic Dickenson, Herman Autrey
  • Marion McPartland, Jimmy McPartland & The All Star Jazz Assassins :! Wanted! (Improv, 1977)
  • Lindy Hop Heaven: Goin 'To Lindy Land (2002)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information on Bertha Hope at Crossing Borders
  2. ↑ Obituary in Star Gazette 2011  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.stargazette.com  
  3. ↑ George Reed at Discogs (English)
  4. ↑ Peter Davis' website ( memento of the original from October 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.peterdavis.biz
personal data
SURNAME Reed, George
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Coal County , West Virginia
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2011
Place of death Elmira (New York)