Herb Wiedoeft

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Herb Wiedoeft (* 1886 in Los Angeles ; † May 1928 at Klamath Falls , Oregon ) was an American jazz trumpeter and band leader .

Life

Herb Wiedoeft was the son of German immigrants and began his music career in the early 1920s in Los Angeles, where he performed with his own band; he achieved his breakthrough with his long commitment to the Cinderella Roof. His recordings under the band name Cinderella Roof Garden Orchestra for Brunswick (including " Oh! Gee, Oh! Gosh, Oh! I'm in Love ") quickly made his orchestra known along the west coast of the USA ; his signature tune was the Cinderella Blues.

A total of three teams of brothers played in the Wiedoeft Band; one of them were the Wiedoft brothers Herb, Gerhardt as bassist, Adolph as drummer and best known the saxophonist Rudy Wiedoeft , who soon left the band and went to New York; then the two Rose brothers and also the two Lucas brothers, one of whom Clyde Lucas would later lead a big band himself. Clyde Lucas, Dub Kirkpatrick and the Wiedoft Trio acted as band singers .

In May 1928, Herb Wiedoeft, who was driving between Medford and Klamath Falls, was killed in a traffic accident. Then trombonist Jess Stafford took over the band and moved their headquarters to San Francisco , where they performed at the Palace Hotel for the next three years ; then as a theater orchestra for a few years until Stafford died in 1937.

literature

  • George T. Simon: The Big bands
  • Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac. Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978

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personal data
SURNAME Wiedoeft, Herb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH May 1928
Place of death at Klamath Falls , Oregon