Harold West
Harold West aka Hal "Doc" West (* 12. August 1915 in Wolford , North Dakota ; † 4. May 1951 in Cleveland , Ohio ) was an American jazz - drummer of swing and bebop .
Harold "Doc" West played in the 1930s with Tiny Parham , Erskine Tate and from 1937 to 1938 with Roy Eldridge . He replaced Chick Webb in his band a few months before his death and worked with the first bebop musicians in Minton's Playhouse in the 1940s, in 1941 with Dizzy Gillespie and Don Byas . In 1944 he worked with Oscar Pettiford . In September of the same year he was a member of the Tiny Grimes quintet when they accompanied Charlie Parker on his first record session (the legendary Red Cross session) for the Savoy label. West has also been involved in recordings by Don Byas, Billie Holiday , Big Joe Turner , Slam Stewart , Erroll Garner , Wardell Gray , Jay McShann and other musicians.
Discographic notes
- Don Byas: 1945, Vol. 2 (Classics)
- Roy Eldridge: The Big Sound of Little Jazz (Topaz, 1935–43), After You've Gone (GRP, 1936–1939)
- Dizzy Gillespie: Live Sessions at Minton's Playhouse (Jazz Anthology, 1941)
- Wardell Gray: One For Prez (Black Lion, 1946)
- Erroll Garner: Historical First Recording (Jazz Anthology, 1944); Jazz Around Midnight (Verve, 1945–1955), 1949–1950 (Classics)
- Billie Holiday: The Quintessential Billie Holiday, Vol. 8 (Columbia, 1939-1940)
- Jay McShann: 1941–1943 (Classics)
- Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy and DIAL Recordings (Savoy, 1944–1948)
- Oscar Pettiford: Bass Hits (Topaz, 1943–1946)
- Slam Stewart: 1945-1946 (Classics)
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
- Bielefeld Jazz Catalog, 2001
Remarks
- ↑ Besides the two takes of Red Cross , the session in New York produced several takes of Tiny's Tempo and two vocal numbers with Tiny Grimes as the singer. The Red Cross session is one of the birth hours of bebop.
- ↑ West accompanied Garner on his first recordings in 1944 and later in 1947
- ^ West was involved in the May 1941 title of Stardust
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | West, Harold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | West, Doc; West, Hal Doc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolford , North Dakota |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4th 1951 |
| Place of death | Cleveland , Ohio |