Jack Willis

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Joshua "Jack" Willis (born April 15, 1920 in Galena (Illinois) ) is a former American jazz trumpeter (also cornet , mellophone ).

Willis played in Paul Gayten's rhythm and blues band in the 1950s . During his career he performed with the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band (with Albert French and Louis Barbarin ), in the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra and with the Young Tuxedo , New Orleans All Star Marching Band and George Williams Brass Bands ; he also worked with George Lewis , with whom he was a guest at the 1957 Newport Jazz Festival . Willis participated in 25 recording sessions between 1951 and 1983.

Samuel Mc Neely wrote the poem Connoisseur's Cornetist in Willis' honor .

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  1. ↑ Brief portrait at Satchmo.com (April 15) ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2012 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 / www.satchmo.com
  2. ↑ John Broven: Rhythm and Blues in New Orleans , p 227
  3. ↑ Michaël Proctor Smith, Michael P. Smith: New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History , p. 17
  4. ↑ Michaël Proctor Smith, Michael P. Smith: New Orleans Jazz Fest: A Pictorial History , p. 27
  5. ↑ Tom Lord discography
  6. ^ Samuel Mc Neely: Mind at Play: Poems , p. 87
personal data
SURNAME Willis, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willis, Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter (also cornet, mellophone)
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Galena (Illinois)