Jimmy Archey

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James "Jimmy" Archey (born October 12, 1902 in Norfolk (Virginia) , † November 16, 1967 in Amityville in Long Island ) was an American jazz trombonist and band leader of traditional jazz .

Archey began playing professionally at the age of twelve and studied at the Hampton Institute from 1915 to 1919 . He then played for a while in Atlantic City and moved on to New York in 1923, where he a. a. Played for Edgar Hayes in 1927 . From 1929 he was in the band of King Oliver (with whom he first recorded in 1930), then from 1931 to 1937 in the bands of Luis Russell , also when this was the backup band of Louis Armstrong from 1935 , Willie Bryant (1938/1939 ), 1939 to 1942 with Benny Carter . At the time he also played with Coleman Hawkins , Cab Calloway and Ella Fitzgerald . In 1944/1945 he was with Claude Hopkins and from 1946 to 1948 with Noble Sissle , where he also appeared regularly on the radio show This is Jazz by Rudi Blesh . In 1948 he was with Mezz Mezzrow in France and then in the Dixieland Band of Bob Wilber , which he took over the 1950s. In 1952 he was in Europe with his own sextet (with Dick Wellstood , Henry Clay Goodwin , Benny Waters, among others ) and in 1954/1955 with Mezz Mezzrow. 1955 to 1962 he was in the band of Earl Hines in San Francisco . He then worked as a freelance musician in Dixieland groups. He often played with Muggsy Spanier, just before his death.

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SURNAME Archey, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Archey, James H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trombonist and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Norfolk (Virginia)
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1967
Place of death Amityville