Jack Bland
Jack Bland (born May 8, 1899 in Sedalia (Missouri) , † 1968 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz bandleader and banjo player .
Jack Bland founded the Mound City Blue Blowers with Red McKenzie and Dick Slevin in 1924 ; whose first hit successes in Chicago and in the American Midwest were the "Arkansas Blues" and the Blue Blues . With Eddie Lang the formation went on a tour of England in 1924 . In the late 1920s, Bland began playing the cello and guitar more and more. After Lang's departure in 1929, Bland played with Gene Krupa , Muggsy Spanier , Coleman Hawkins and Eddie Condon , who worked with the company in the 1930s. he was also employed as a session musician in New York City , a. a. for Billy Banks ' Orchestra, Pee Wee Russell , Red Allen and Zutty Singleton . Recordings were also made with their own group, the Rhythmmakers (or Rhythmakers ); Pops Foster and Fats Waller participated occasionally.
In the 1940s Bland played in jazz clubs on 52nd Street , such as Jimmy Ryan's Club with Red Allen and Singleton, as well as Edmond Hall , Vic Dickenson , Ike Quebec and Hot Lips Page ; some of these sessions were recorded by Milt Gabler and appeared on Commodore Records . From 1942 to 1944 he played with Art Hodes and also with Muggsy Spanier; from 1944 to 1950 he led his own band and took part in recordings of George Wettling and Marty Marsala . In the 1950s he moved to Los Angeles , retired from the music business and worked as a taxi driver . He died there in 1968.
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Lexical entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, Oxford et al. 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
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| SURNAME | Bland, Jack |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz band leader and banjo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sedalia, Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1968 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |