Joe Newman

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Joseph Dwight "Joe" Newman (* 7. September 1922 in New Orleans , Louisiana; † 4. July 1992 in New York City , New York) was an American jazz - trumpet , known as a longtime member of Count Basie -Orchesters especially in the 1950s.

Life

Joe Newman was born into a musical family (his father was the jazz pianist Dwight Newman (1902–1942)), learned to trumpet from the age of 6 and had his first gigs from the age of 8, a. a. with Papa Celestin's Tuxedo Orchestra. At Alabama State Teachers College, he even led the school band that played at dance events and made money for the school. His role models were initially Louis Armstrong , then - inspired by the Basie Band of the 1930s - Buck Clayton and Sweets Edison . But when he was praised for sounding like Sweets Edison, he found his own way. From 1941 to 1943 he played in Lionel Hampton's big band and then from 1943 to 1947 in the Count Basie Orchestra , which fulfilled a heartfelt wish for him. Jo Jones invited him to fill in for Buck Clayton, who had just moved in, in New York, for which he was immediately ready despite having a cold and dropped his commitment at Hampton. Here he also met another role model, Lester Young , whose saxophone solos he played on the trumpet (even as a child he actually wanted to learn the saxophone first).
He then played in the combo of Illinois Jacquet (which initially only consisted of the two of them and a rhythm section that they hired at the respective venue) and with JC Heard , before joining the Count Basie Band again from 1952 to 1961, where he worked with Thad Jones was used as a soloist. During this time he also recorded a lot under his own name, e.g. B. for RCA. His composition "The Midgets" (which he wrote for himself and Frank Wess on the flute) got its name from a humorous division of a Birdland Allstar Band by Lester Young into tall and short ("Bombers" and "Midgets", which also fought small battles for fun). In 1956 he participated in Big Joe Turner's Atlantic album Boss of the Blues .

In 1962 he took part in Benny Goodman's tour of the Soviet Union and worked as a freelancer in New York. In 1968 he recorded the album O Sing to the Lord together with his quintet and the “jazz pastor” John Gensel . A new song on.

For the non-profit organization "Jazz Interactions", of which he was co-founder in 1965 and whose president he was from 1967, he gave and organized jazz lessons for young people (e.g. master classes in schools). She later had her own big band, for which he composed Music for Pops . At times he also led workshops with Billy Taylor's Jazzmobile . In 1972 he took part in jam sessions at the Newport Jazz Festival , which was then held in New York. Newman also toured with Benny Carter , participated in international festivals and recorded records with Concord in 1984. In 1991 he suffered a stroke that partially paralyzed him.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ As Newman later found out, he even owed school attendance to his trumpet playing. The underfunded school gave him a scholarship as a major exception
  2. ↑ Basie even asked him to help put together the newly formed big band
  3. ^ Billboard Aug. 10, 1968, p. 10
  4. ↑ from which u. a. Billy Cobham and Dave Liebman emerged
  5. ↑ and made several guest appearances in Vienna's Jazzland , because he tried to come to Europe every year because his wife was Swedish
personal data
SURNAME Newman, Joe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Newman, Joseph Dwight
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH 4th July 1992
Place of death New York City , New York