Jack McVea
Jack McVea (born November 5, 1914 in Los Angeles as John Vivian McVea ; † December 27, 2000 there ) was an American jazz musician ( baritone saxophone , tenor saxophone and clarinet ) in the fields of swing , blues and rhythm and blues .
Jack McVea's father was the banjo player Satchel McVea, the banjo was also Jack McVea's first instrument; a musician from his father's band taught him to play the saxophone. He began his career in local bands in Los Angeles, such as Dootsie Williams' Harlem Dukes, and then joined the Lionel Hamptons Orchestra as a baritone saxophonist in 1940. In 1942 he took part in recordings for T-Bone Walker (“Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad) "). McVea was also heard on "Slim's Jam" by Slim Gaillard , who recorded the track in 1945 with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie .
McVea also led the studio band on recordings for Black & White Records in October 1946 , when the track "Open the Door, Richard!" Was recorded, which would become McVea's best-known track and hit # 2 on the R&B charts . He also recorded with Wynonie Harris . From 1944 he worked with his own formations and as a studio musician at MGM , and in 1944 he played at Jazz at the Philharmonic with Illinois Jacquet , Shorty Sherock , Nat Cole and Les Paul . From 1966 to the early 1990s, when he sat down to rest, he played Traditional Jazz in the formation The Royal Street Bachelors in New Orleans Square of Disneyland .
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- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Arnold Shaw: Honkers and Shouters. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1978 ISBN 0-02-061740-2
- RJ Smith, “Richard Speaks! Chasing a Tune from the Chitlin Circuit to the Mormon Tabernacle, ”p. 75-89 in Eric Weisbard, ed., This is Pop , Harvard University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-674-01321-2 (cloth), ISBN 0-674-01344-1
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| SURNAME | McVea, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McVea, John Vivian (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and blues musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | los Angeles |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 2000 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |