Jean Kittrell

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Jean Kittrell (* 1926 or 1927; † August 14, 2018 in Edwardsville , Illinois ) was an American jazz musician ( piano , vocals ) from Dixieland and a university teacher.

Live and act

Kittrell played the piano in church as a child, where she also sang hymns, and took music theory lessons when she attended Blue Mountain College. She got into jazz during her marriage when she and her husband, trumpeter Ed Kittrell, had jam sessions in their home. This eventually resulted in the Chesapeake Bay Jass Band , which was based in Norfolk , Virginia. In 1958 the Kittrells moved to Chicago, where they played with the Chicago Stompers; In 1959 they toured with the band through Germany and the Netherlands. In the following years she performed mostly as a soloist at the local level, such as 1967-1969 at the Old Levee House near St. Louis.

Her main job was Kittrell, who had a master's degree in philosophy and a PhD in British 20th Century Literature from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1973 , lectured at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville near St. Louis for 25 years and raised two daughters. In addition, she performed at the Lt. Robert E. Lee Restaurant and Saloon in St. Louis. 1967 Kittrell took with Tony Parenti on an album with songs by Bessie Smith ( Jean Kittrell Sings the Blues ), which appeared on Jazzology; she also played with Johnny Wiggs , Danny Barker , Doc Evans , George Brunies and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band . In 1971 she joined a. with Slide Harris , Joe Muranyi , Tom Saunders , Herb Hall and Freddie Moore at the Manassas Jazz Festival; 1972–1974 Kittrell worked with the Mississippi Mudcats Jazz Band and the Boll Weevil Jass Band . From the mid-1970s she directed the Jazz Incredibles , the St. Louis Rivermen and the Old St. Louis Levee Band . In the field of jazz, she was involved in 18 recording sessions between 1967 and 1995. In 2008 she ended her career as a musician.

Discographic notes

  • Jean Kittrell with The Boll Weevils: Tain't Nobody's Business (GHB, 1970)
  • Jean Kittrell Alone (Fat Cat's, 1974)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joe Bebco: Jean Kittrell The “Red Hot Mama” of Dixieland Jazz, Has Died. Syncopated Times, August 18, 2018, accessed August 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ 1958 with Bob Giles (banjo), Jean Kittrell (piano), Ben Splan (tuba), Ed Kittrell (clarinet), Stan Vincent (trombone), Bob Fishbeck (clarinet)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 22, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Kittrell, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1926 or 1927
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2018
Place of death Edwardsville, Illinois