Jimmy Joy

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Jimmy Joy (born April 20, 1902 in Texas as James Monte Maloney , † March 7, 1962 in Dallas ) was an American saxophonist , clarinetist , singer and big band leader in the field of swing and popular music .

biography

James Maloney started early on to lead a campus band at the University of Texas and became known as a band leader in Texas through his performances at Joyland Park in Galveston, Texas ; he became so identified with it that in 1929 he adopted the stage name Jimmy Joy . The first recordings for the brands Golden and Okeh were made from 1923 onwards .

His orchestra was a territory band , which mostly dance music in Sweet style, but initially, jazz played and in the Midwest occurred mostly in Dallas in Peabody, Muehlbach, Baker and Adolphus. Joy also toured the US East Coast with performances in seaside resorts such as Atlantic City ; In the early 1940s they made guest appearances at Casino Gardens in Santa Monica ( California ).

According to Leo Watson, Jimmy Joy was a skilled saxophonist whose hallmark was playing with two clarinets at the same time , following the example of Wilbur Sweatman . He also excelled as a singer of blues titles , which he interpreted in a style similar to Jack Teagarden .

Well-known musicians such as u. a. Johnnie Scat Davis , Matty Matlock as clarinetist, Spud Murphy (1927/28) and Harry Babasin . The group's banjo player was Smith "Sykes" Ballew , who would later become a popular singer; In 1927/28 Eddie Durham played the saxophone in Jimmy Joys Band before he mostly worked as an arranger. The band singer was Art Lund, who would later work for Benny Goodman. Patti Page toured with the Jimmy Joy Band in the mid-1940s through 1947 .

Joy later recorded for the Brunswick and Decca labels . The signature melody of his orchestra was Shine On, Harvest Moon. In the mid-1950s, Joy ended his activities as a band leader and lived in Dallas.

The State of Texas honored Jimmy Joy with an Honorary Texas Ranger , as did the State of Kentucky with an Honorary Kentucky Colonel for his services with the Kentucky Derby Orchestra.

Recordings

As Jimmy's Joys they played solid Dixieland jazz ; heard in titles such as "Wolverine Blues", "Tiger Rag", "Milenberg Joys", "Clarinet Marmalade Blues", "Riverboat Shuffle" and "Hay Foot Staw Foot", recorded as Jimmy Joy's St. Anthony Hotel Orchestra .

The recordings of the Jimmy Joy Orchestra in their later dance band style include the tracks "You're The First Thing I Think About In The Morning", "Cherie Chilly-Pom-Pom-Pee", "Can't You Understand", "From Monday On" (with Orville "Andy" Andrews) and " No, No, Nora ".

swell

  1. ↑ Date of birth and death according to Find a Grave, with a picture of the gravestone
  2. ^ Lund, born Arthur London, born April 1, 1915 in Salt Lake City; died June 2, 1990 ibid .; See Bigband database.
  3. ↑ See Bigband database

Web links

Remarks

  • Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena. 1978
  • Booklet for CD Jazz Oracle BDW 8067 "Jimmie's Joys"
personal data
SURNAME Joy, Jimmy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maloney, James Monte (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz saxophonist and big band leader
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Texas
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1962
Place of death Dallas