Jimmy Phipps
James "Jimmy" Phipps (born July 3, 1912 in New York City , † 2007 ) was an American jazz and rhythm and blues musician ( piano ).
Live and act
Phipps had his first lessons with William Francis and played in the New York jazz scene from the early 1930s a. a. with the singer George "Bon Bon" Tunnell , with whose band Bon Bon and His Buddies the first recordings were made in 1941, including the Benjamin / Durham pop song "I Don't Want to Set the World On Fire" (Decca). In the following years he worked a. a. with Lem Johnson , Dud Bascomb ("Walkin 'Blues", 1946) and with Clyde Bernhardt and His Blue Blazers. In Edmond Hall's band , he performed at Cafe Society . From 1946 to 1950 he was a member of the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra. In the field of jazz he was involved in eleven recording sessions between 1941 and 1950. In the following years he played (inter alia with Jerome Darr , Abie Baker , Al Hall , Gene Brooks ) in Jimmy Wright's rhythm & blues band.
Web links
- Eugene Chadbourne : Jimmy Phipps at Allmusic (English)
- Jimmy Phipps at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ People in Jazz: Jazz Keyboard Improvisors of the 19th & 20th Centuries: Preragtime, Blues, Folk and Minstrel, Early Ragtime, Dixieland, Ragtime-stride, Blues-boogie, Swing, Prebop, Bop . ed. by Bill Lee, William F. Lee. Columbia Lady Music, 1984
- ↑ Report of death at. Local 802, June 5, 2007, accessed July 12, 2018 .
- ↑ Manfred Selchow, Karsten Lohmann M. Selchow. Profoundly Blue: A Bio-discographical Scrapbook on Edmond Hall , 1988
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 12, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Phipps, Jimmy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Phipps, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz and rhythm and blues musician (piano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2007 |