Gideon Honoré

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Gideon Joseph Honoré (born September 15, 1904 in New Orleans , † January 8, 1990 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz pianist who was mainly active in the jazz scene of Chicago.

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Honoré's father had French roots and came from New Orleans. As a child he had piano and organ lessons. At the age of twelve he gained his first musical experience while playing at parties; in his youth he visited the nearby New Orleans jazz venues and knew Freddie Keppard , King Oliver , Baby Dodds and Johnny Dodds .

He moved with his family to Chicago in 1921 and attended the Christenson School of Music there . He gained his first professional experience as a musician at Palmer Cadiz. Around 1925 he played as a soloist in Cascades Gardens . In the late 1920s he led his own formations with which he appeared in clubs such as Lakewood Hall and the Huntington Hotel . Honoré played in Chicago in 1933 with Bud Johnson , Floyd Campbell and Jabbo Smith in the Panama Cafe , in 1935 with Richard M. Jones ' Chicago Cosmopolitans , in whose recordings for Decca Records he was involved ("Baby O'Mine"). In 1936 he was a member of the Jimmie Noone and His New Orleans Band (with Guy Kelly , Preston Jackson , Francis Whitby , Israel Crosby and Tubby Hall ), which performed in clubs like the Liberty inn ; During a Decca session, the tracks "He's a Different Type of Guy", " Way Down Yonder in New Orleans ", "The Blues Jumped a Rabbit" and " Sweet Georgia Brown " were created. Honoré's composition "The Blues Jumped a Rabbit" was interpreted in 1937 by Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray in the film Swing High, Swing Low (directed by Mitchell Leisen ). Honoré played for Noone for a total of six years.

In 1940 he led a quartet at Club 4-11 , which also included Darnell Howard ; in the same year he recorded again with Noone; in the same year he appeared alternately with Tiny Parham in the revue Tropics After Dark as part of the American Negro Exposition . In 1940/41 he was a member of Jimmie Noone's Trio with bassist John Frazier, who u. a. toured clubs on Central Avenue in Los Angeles. In August 1944 he played there with Sidney Bechet at Club Rio .

Honoré then played a year in the band of rhythm & blues singer Dallas Bartley ; in New York City Honoré took part in a record session by Bartley in 1945 ("The Band That Really Comes On", Cosmo 484). The last recordings were made in October 1946 with Preston Jackson and His New Orleans Band for Bluebird Records . In the field of jazz he was involved in four recording sessions between 1935 and 1946. In 1948 he performed with Kid Ory and trumpeter Jack Minger .

At the end of the 1940s, Honoré moved to the west coast, worked as a touring musician for traveling theater and accompanied the singer and dancer Helena Jester. He then played for Albert Nicholas for three years around 1950 , performed with Teddy Buckner , in the 1960s and 70s as a soloist in hotels as well as with bassist Ricky Robinson and trombonist Roger Jamieson , before joining in the 1980s retired as an active musician and limited himself to teaching.

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  1. ↑ William F. Lee: People in Jazz: Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19th & 20th Centuries: Preragtime, Blues, Folk and Minstrel, Early Ragtime, Dixieland, Ragtime-stride, Blues-boogie, Swing, Prebop, Bop . Columbia Lady Music, 1984
  2. ↑ According to the US Census, he was born in 1905, cf. US Census 1940
  3. ^ Entry by Gideon Joseph Honore in the California Death Index
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k Peter Vacher: Swingin 'on Central Avenue: African American Jazz in Los Angeles . Lanham ML, 2015, p. 40.
  5. ↑ Joe Darensbourg , Peter Vacher: Telling It Like It Is . Basingstoke 1987, p. 206.
  6. ^ Dempsey Travis, An Autobiography of Black Jazz . Chicago 1983, p. 243
  7. ^ Entry of the song He's a Different Type of Guy at worldcat
  8. ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 1, 2016)
  9. ↑ Jazz Journal - Volume 28, Issues 7-12 1975, page 32.
  10. ↑ In 1949 Bechet tried to persuade Gideon Honoré to move to Paris with him; However, this refused. see. Peter Vacher: Swingin 'on Central Avenue: African American Jazz in Los Angeles . 2015, p. 40.
  11. ^ John Chilton : Sidney Bechet: The Wizard of Jazz . London 1987, p. 156.
  12. ↑ Sid Bailey: Greatest slideman ever born: A Discography of Edward Kid Ory . West Sussex 1996, SV
personal data
SURNAME Honoré, Gideon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Honoré, Gideon Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH January 8, 1990
Place of death los Angeles