Jack Parker (musician)

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Jack "The Bear" Parker (born before 1941) was an American jazz - and Rhythm & Blues - drummer and bandleader .

Life

Parker recorded in Bon Bon Tunell's band in 1941 . Then played with Babs Gonzales before joining Eddie Heywood's band . In 1945 he was part of the Mary Lou Williams Trio ( Zodiac Suite 1945). In the field of jazz, Parker also worked in numerous recording sessions by Hot Lips Page , Don Byas , Cliff Jackson , Pete Johnson , as well as Louis Armstrong / Sy Oliver , Nat King Cole ("The Christmas Song"), Tadd Dameron , Joe Newman , Leo Parker and Ben Selvin with.

In 1951, Parker and his orchestra accompanied comedian Nipsey Russell on his recordings for Derby. Under his own name he released the Jump Blues number Cheap Old Wine And Whiskey / I Need You, I Want You (vocals: Emmett Davis) on Eddie Mesner's label 7/11 in 1952 . Recordings were also made during this time with singer Bob "H-Bomb" Ferguson . In 1959 he was a member of the "Hot Combo" under the direction of Austin Powell in Brooklyn. In the 1960s he retired as a musician.

He is not to be confused with the pianist John "Jack the Bear" Wilson, who worked in Harlem around 1900 , to whom Duke Ellington dedicated the composition of the same name (1940).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Liner Notes of the album Zodiac Suite (PDF; 4.4 MB)
  2. ↑ Oscar Pettiford Discography 1950–55 ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / themenschmidt.de
  3. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  4. ^ Steven C. Tracy: Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City. P. 156
  5. ^ KE Knudsen: Jazz Records, 1942-1965: A Discography. Volume 6, Jørgen Grunnet Jepsen 1963
  6. ^ Billboard , March 30, 1959, p. 9
  7. ^ The Duke Ellington reader , edited by Mark Tucker, Duke Ellington, p. 426
personal data
SURNAME Parker, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parker, The Bear (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and rhythm & blues drummer and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH before 1941