Hurley Ramey

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Hurley Ramey (* 1915 in Missouri ; † after 1950) was an American R&B and jazz guitarist (also pedal steel guitar ).

Life

Ramey began his career in his hometown of Chicago with Richard M. Jones ' Chicago Cosmopolitans, on whose recordings in 1935 for Decca (including with Louis Metcalf , Herschel Evans ) he was involved. In 1936 he worked a. a. with Laura Rucker and her Swing Boys (with Franz Jackson and Bill Oldham) and in 1937 with Nat King Cole in the music revue Shuffle Along . From 1937 he played with Earl Hines , in whose orchestra he had replaced Lawrence Dixon . His electrically amplified Hawaiian guitar insert in the blues number "Jelly, Jelly" (1940, Bluebird 11065, with Billy Eckstine ) was still irritating to the Down Beat critic in 1961 , but helped make the song popular in the United States.

Ramey stayed with Hines until 1943, during which time he also took part in recordings of Horace Henderson and in a jam session with Charlie Parker and Billy Eckstine (trumpet) in a hotel in Chicago in early 1943 . In 1944 he was a member of the trio of violinist Papa John Creach in Chicago . From 1946 he worked on recordings of Prince Cooper , Tom Archia , Dinah Washington , Lil Green , Nellie Lutcher , Miff Mole , Jump Jackson and most recently in 1951 in New York with Sonny Thompson ("Sunshine Blues"). The discographer Tom Lord performed 25 recording sessions between 1935 and 1951. In the 1950s, Ramey was still playing for Duke Groner in Chicago.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hurley Ramey in the 1940 Census
  2. ^ A b Gary Ginell: Mr. B: The Music and Life of Billy Eckstine . 2006
  3. ^ Down Beat Jazz Record Reviews, Volume 5, Maher Publications, 1961
  4. ^ Billboard October 14, 1944
  5. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 13, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Ramey, Hurley
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B and jazz guitarist (also pedal steel guitar)
DATE OF BIRTH 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Missouri
DATE OF DEATH after 1950