Harry Gold (musician)
Harry Gold (born February 26, 1907 in Dublin as Harry Goldberg , † November 13, 2005 in London ) was a British jazz musician ( saxophone , clarinet , oboe , vocals, arrangement and composition ). He was one of the drivers behind the Dixieland Revival in Great Britain.
Live and act
Gold, whose parents came from Romania and Germany, grew up in the Leytonstore district of London from the age of four . At fourteen he left school to support his father, who worked as a tailor. After listening to the Original Dixieland Jazz Band performing in London's Hammersmith Palais in 1919, he got himself an alto saxophone and decided to become a musician. He studied with Louis Kimmel, a professor at the London College of Music .
Gold first played in the Magnetic Dance Band by Joe Loss , then with the Florentine band . From 1926 to 1928 he belonged to the metronomes . In the following years he worked with Vic Filmer and in 1931 with Marius B. Winter, to then lead a band with Ivor Mairants. In addition, he sang from 1932 in the vocal trio The Cubs . From 1932 to 1937 he was a soloist on the tenor saxophone in the nationally known dance orchestra of Roy Fox , with whom he made numerous recordings. He then worked in the orchestras of Bert Firman (1937–1938), Philipp Martell , Harold Collins and Mantovani , and from mid-1939 he was a member of Oscar Rabin's orchestra for three years . He also directed his own octet. In 1943 he initially worked for Geraldo , then briefly as musical director of Radio Luxemburg . Then he directed his own Pieces of Eight , with which he recorded under his own name from 1945. The band has appeared repeatedly on the BBC radio show Music While You Work . An early TV appearance in 1946 fell victim to censorship because the black trombonist Geoff Love performed in a duo with the white singer Jane Lee. In 1948, the Pieces of Eight accompanied Hoagy Carmichael on his tour in Great Britain. In 1956 he handed the band over to his younger brother Laurie Gold . He formed the New Beat Band in 1958 and toured Ireland. In 1960 he led the Hammersmith Palais dance orchestra with his brother Laurie . Then he worked as a composer and arranger for music publishers and most recently for EMI . He only appeared occasionally with Al Wynette and in the mid-1970s as bass saxophonist in Dick Sudhalter's New Paul Whiteman Orchestra . In the 1980s and 1990s he appeared again with the Pieces of Eight , with which he toured the GDR three times ; in Leipzig he recorded a live album. He also toured North America. In 1999 he retired from music and published his autobiography, Gold, Doubloons and Pieces of Eight the following year .
Discographic notes
- Octagonal Gold (Black Lion 1980)
- Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight: Live in Leipzig
- Harry Gold & His Pieces of Eight: Bouncing Back (Lake Records, 1989)
- Roy Fox & His Band At the Cafe de Paris (Vocalion)
Fonts
- Harry Gold: Gold, Doubloons and Pieces of Eight: The Autobiography of Harry Gold, edited by Roger Cotterrell . London: Northway Books, 2000, ISBN 978-0-9537040-0-2 .
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather & Brian Priestley Jazz: The Rough Guide ; ISBN 1-85828-528-3
- John Chilton , Who's Who in British Jazz London 2005; ISBN 978-0826472342
Web links
- Harry Gold at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary (Independent) November 18, 2005
- ↑ a b Harry Gold at Allmusic (English)
- ^ A b John Fordham : Obituary of Harry Gold , The Guardian. November 17, 2005. Accessed July 20, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gold, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldberg, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician (saxophone, clarinet, arrangement, composition) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 2005 |
| Place of death | London |