Jimmy Wade

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Jimmy Wade was an American trumpeter and band leader of Chicago jazz .

Live and act

Wade began performing with his own groups in the Chicago area from 1916 . He also toured California and Seattle with Lucille Hegamins Blue Flame Syncopators and then moved with her to New York City , where they performed together until 1922. On his return to Chicago he played with Doc Cooke , then he again founded his own band, the Jimmy Wade's Syncopators , in which Eddie South played from 1924 to 1927 ; other well-known members were Stump Evans , Punch Miller and Alex Hill , who contributed to the band's 1928 recordings for Vocalion ("Gate Blues"), and Darnell Howard . According to Brian Rust , Wade was a prominent figure in the Chicago music entertainment scene in the mid-1920s; he also served as musical director of the local Moulin Rouge cabaret. In early 1927 he had an engagement at Club Alabam in Harlem . Wade has been a band leader for most of his career.

literature

  • Brian Rust and Rex Harris: Recorded Jazz - A Critical Guide . London, Penguin Books, 1958
  • Ralph Gulliver: Jimmy Wade . Storyville, no.56 (Dec. 74 / Jan. 75) p. 68
  • Thomas J. Hennessey: From Jazz to Swing: African-American Jazz Musicians and their Music, 1890-1935 Wayne State University Press, 1904; ISBN 978-0-8143-2179-9

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personal data
SURNAME Wade, Jimmy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century