Jimmy Gunn (jazz musician)

Jimmy Gunn (around 1900 - after 1936) was an American jazz musician ( piano ) and band leader .

Gunn led a Territory Band in the 1930s that was based in Charlotte, North Carolina and emerged in 1934 from the Taylor's Dixie Serenaders student group . The musicians in his band included u. a. the alto saxophonist Skeets Tolbert ; Harry Prather ( tuba ) and Leslie Johnakins (alto and baritone saxophone ), who later continued their careers in New York. Gunn performed with the band a. a. also in Philadelphia, where the young Dizzy Gillespie met them .

In May 1931 Gunn had the opportunity to record the two tracks Wabash Blues and Everybody Loves My Baby as Taylor's Dixie Orchestra in Charlotte for Victor Records (Victor 23277). During Gunn's second (and final) recording session on June 18, 1936 - this time for Bluebird Records - six tracks were written, including the popular numbers My Blue Heaven (B6469), Star Dust and I've Found a New Baby (B6500) ). Musically, Gunn was based on the arrangements of the then current New York big band music .

The band leader should not be confused with the cornet player of the same name who played for Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds in the 1920s .

Individual evidence

↑ IAJRC Journal, Volume 29, International Association of Jazz Record Collectors International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, 1996, p. 48
^ ^A ^b ^c Thomas Hennessey: From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935 . Detroit 1994, p. 149.
^ Ralph Gleason : Conversations in Jazz: The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews . 2016
↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 28, 2016)
^ Gunther Schuller : The Swing Era The Development of Jazz 1930-1945. Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 776
^ Cary D. Wintz, Paul Finkelman: Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: AJ . 2004, p. 162.

personal data
SURNAME	Gunn, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz musician (piano) and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1900
DATE OF DEATH	after 1936

[1] IAJRC Journal, Volume 29, International Association of Jazz Record Collectors International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, 1996, p. 48

[hennessey-2] A ^b ^c Thomas Hennessey: From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and Their Music, 1890-1935 . Detroit 1994, p. 149.

[3] Ralph Gleason : Conversations in Jazz: The Ralph J. Gleason Interviews . 2016

[lord-4] Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 28, 2016)

[5] Gunther Schuller : The Swing Era The Development of Jazz 1930-1945. Oxford University Press, 1989, p. 776

[6] Cary D. Wintz, Paul Finkelman: Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: AJ . 2004, p. 162.