Jimmy Archey
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.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
- Works by Jimmy Archey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jimmy Archey at Allmusic (English)
- Jimmy Archey in the Big Bands Database Plus
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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 |