John Arnold (musician)
John Arnold (* around 1900, † after 1932) was an American blues and jazz pianist who was active in the music scene in St. Louis.
Live and act
Arnold won a blues piano competition at the Booker T. Washington Airdrome , a vaudeville theater in St. Louis , in the fall of 1915 . In the following years he played with Lonnie Johnson ("Mr. Johnson's Blues", "Falling Rain Blues" OKeh 1925) and in the orchestra of Benny Washington , which had an engagement on the river steamer SS St Paul . Another Okeh session took place in November 1925 in St. Louis with Benny Washington's Six Aces ("Compton Ave. Blues"). He later played with the St. Louis Blue Devils of Eddie Randle .
Web links
- John Arnold at Allmusic (English)
- John Arnold at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c See Dennis Owsley: City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis, 1895-1973 . St. Louis 2006, pp. 7, 38, 58
- ↑ Lonnie Johnson Discography
- ^ William Howland Kenney: Jazz on the River . 2005, p. 179.
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 29, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnold, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues and jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1900 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1932 |