Joe Carroll
Joe Carroll , actually Joseph Carroll , called "Bebop" (born November 25, 1919 in Philadelphia , † February 1, 1981 in New York City ), was an American jazz singer. He is known for his activity in the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band around 1950.
Live and act
Joe Carroll was based with his singing style at the Bing Crosby of the early '30s, as the standard "I'll Remember April" with the orchestra of style Charlie Barnet in 1941. He first appeared in children's programs and participated in 1943 in the film Stormy Weather with , later sang in the Paul Bascomb orchestra and worked in Dizzy Gillespie's band from 1949 to 1953 , where he played novelty songs like Mary Lou Williams ´ "In the Land of Oo-Ba-De (The Bop Fairy Tale)" ( 1949) or “ Lady Be Good ” while wearing an exaggerated parody of the usual outfit of the bopper.
The author Will Friedwald wrote about Carroll: he "saw himself as the op-counterpart of the great Leo Watson , and he achieved some of Watson's feeling, but never his insane genius". His strengths were up-tempo numbers with scat interludes, as heard on his most famous album Joe Carroll with the Ray Bryant Trio from 1956.
He also toured Europe with Gillespie in 1953; after that he worked with his own smaller formations. In 1964/5 he toured with Woody Herman .
Carroll's bop singing has a strong humorous note and shows influences from Leo Watson's singing style . This can be seen in the Scat interludes on titles such as Jump-Did-Le-Ba from 1949. Around 1945 recordings were made with the musical Madcaps formation .
Tadd Dameron's song "A Be Bop Carroll" (1947), which was recorded by Fats Navarro , contains allusions to him.
Discography
- Joe Carroll with the Ray Bryant Trio: Joe Carroll (Epic, 1956)
- Dizzy Gillespie: The Champ (Savoy, 1951–52)
- Dizzy Gillespie: 1949-1950 (Classics); Pleyel Concert 1953 (Vogue, 1953)
- Dizzy Gillespie: Gillespiana / Carnegie Hall Concert (Verve, 1960–61)
- Musicals Madcaps: (On the LP :) Harlem Roots - Jazz On Film: Jivin´ Time (Storyville, 1944–45)
literature
- Bielefelder Katalog / Jazz , vol. 26 (1988) and vol. 39 (2001).
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 7th edition. Penguin, London 2004, ISBN 0-14-101416-4 .
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 5th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-15-010464-5 .
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Will Friedwald : Jazz Singing. America's great voices from Bessie Smith to bepop and beyond . Scribner, New York 1990, ISBN 0-684-18522-9 .
- Swinging Voices of America. A compendium of great voices . Hannibal Verlag, St. Andrä-Wölker 1992, ISBN 3-85445-075-3 .
Remarks
- ↑ Quoted from Friedwald, p. 163.
- ↑ Carroll sings the pieces The Bluiest Blues, Ooh-Shoo-Be-Doo-Bee, Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac, Time On My Hands
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carroll, Joe |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carroll, Joseph (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st February 1981 |
| Place of death | New York City |