Jack Gardner (musician)
Jack Gardner (actually Francis Henry Gardner , born August 14, 1903 in Joliet (Illinois) , † November 26, 1957 in Dallas ) was an American jazz pianist and songwriter .
Life
Jack Gardner began performing in Denver in the early 1920s , where he played with Doc Becker's Blue Devils and Boyd Senter's band. In 1923 he moved to Chicago , where he led his own band, in which the clarinetist Clarence Hutchenrider also played at times . He also worked a. a. with Dave Tough and Eddie Condon (1927), Wingy Manone (1928), Jean Goldkette and Gene Austin , 1936 with Jimmy McPartland . He stayed in Chicago until 1937 when he moved to New York City . There he played with Sandy Williams and Harry James ( Night Special / Back Beat Boogie ), then returned to Chicago in the early 1940s, where he performed with his own band. In 1944 he recorded with Baby Dodds ( Doll Drag / Bye Bye Pretty Baby ). In his later years he worked in Dallas. Especially towards the end of his career, he was also active as a songwriter.
According to Nat Hentoff , his piano playing - similar to Jimmy Blythe , Alex Hill , Art Hodes and Joe Sullivan - was influenced by ragtime and blues .
Web links
- Jack Gardner at Allmusic (English)
- Jack Gardner at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dave Oliphant: Jazz mavericks of the Lone Star State
- ^ John Arthur Garraty, Mark Christopher Carnes, American Council of Learned Societies: American National Biography: Stratton-Tunney . Oxford University Press, 1999
- ^ Charles Delaunay : Hot discographie encyclopedique 1952 Volume 3 (El-He) . Paris, Éditions Jazz Disques, 1952.
- ↑ Nat Hentoff, Albert J. McCarthy: Jazz; new perspectives on the history of jazz by twelve of the world's foremost jazz critics and scholars . Da Capo Press, 1974
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SURNAME | Gardner, Jack |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gardner, Francis Henry (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Joliet (Illinois) |
DATE OF DEATH | November 26, 1957 |
Place of death | Dallas |