Irving Aaronson

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Irving A. Aaronson (born February 7, 1895 in New York City , † March 10, 1963 in Hollywood ) was an American jazz pianist and band leader.

Life

Irving A. Aaronson took piano lessons from Alfred Sendrey at the David Mannes School . At the age of eleven he appeared as an accompanist in silent movie theaters, the Nickelodeon theaters . During the 1920s and 1930s he directed two big bands and also recorded for various record companies. His first formation ran in the early 20s under the name Versatile Sextette , later renamed the Crusaders Dance Band . Due to the band's success, Aaronson got a contract with the Victor Records label ; after their second record, the lineup was renamed Irving Aaronson and his Commanders . Many later well-known musicians and band leaders played with the Commanders . a. Bob Chester , Toots Mondello , Phil Saxe , Artie Shaw , Tony Pastor , Joe Gillespie , Gene Krupa and the band singers Betty Cannon, Lois Still. As a result, more records were made for Edison , Victor, Vocalion and Columbia .

During her time with Victor from 1926 to 1929, Aaronson was particularly successful with the title Let's Misbehave from 1927; it was then used in Cole Porter's Broadway musical Paris 1928. In 1935, Aaronson played with his orchestra on the radio program Irving Aaronson Orchestra on NBC . In 1945 he became an artistic assistant in the MGM Studios. He is buried in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery .

literature

  • Leo Walker: Big Band Almanac . Da Capo Press, Inc. New York, 1978.
  • Luther F. Sies: Encyclopedia of American Radio, 1920-1960 . McFarland, Jefferson, NC 2000.
  • Colin Larkin (Ed.): The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . 3. Edition. Macmillan, New York 1998.

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