Harry White (trombonist)
Harry "Father" Alexander White (* 1. June 1898 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ; † 14. August 1962 in New York City ) was an American jazz - trombone player , arranger and composer .
Live and act
Harry White played drums as a teenager and switched to the trombone around 1919 when he moved to Washington, DC . In the 1920s he played with Duke Ellington , Elmer Snowden and Claude Hopkins , went to New York with Snowden in 1925 and played in the formation of The White Brothers Orchestra . In the late 1920s White worked with Luis Russell , in 1929 he worked again briefly in the Duke Ellington Orchestra , in 1930 with Cab Calloway , then in 1931 he became a member of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and led the band with Edgar Hayes . The following year he returned to Cab Calloway and also worked for him as an arranger and composer. One of Calloway's trumpeters, Edwin Swayzee , heard White use the term " jitterbug "; he then wrote the composition " The Jitterbug ", which Calloway's orchestra recorded in 1934. In 1935 White returned to Russell, later he played with Manzie Johnson , Hot Lips Page , Edgar Hayes and Bud Freeman , but then temporarily gave up the music profession due to illness. In 1947 he began to work again as a musician, including with Happy Cauldwell .
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185). 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
Web links
- Harry White at Allmusic (English)
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| SURNAME | White, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | White, Harry Alexander (full name); White, Father Alexander (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1962 |
| Place of death | New York City |