John Field (bassist)
John L. Field (born 1913 in Mattapan , Massachusetts , † November 22, 1989 in Miami ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass ).
Field was self-taught on bass and worked full-time as a taxi driver; he played in Boston in the late 1940s and early 1950s with Max Kaminsky & Pee Wee Russell , Edmond Hall ’s All-Stars, George Wein ’s Storyville Band, Rex Stewart and His Dixieland Jazz Band, Wild Bill Davison and His Band as well as with Walt Gifford's New Yorkers (including Bobby Hackett ). In 1951 he appeared as an accompanist for Lee Wiley at the Boston Storyville Club; with Buster Harding (piano) and Marquis Foster he accompanied Billie Holiday in the same year . In 1952 he made a guest appearance with the singer and Duke Ellington at New York's Carnegie Hall . In the field of jazz he was involved in 53 recording sessions between 1945 and 1954, most recently with Ruby Braff ( Jazz at the Boston Arts Festiva ).
Web links
- John Field at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nat Hentoff , Boston Boy: Growing up with Jazz and Other Rebellious Passions . Philadelphia: Paul Dry Books 2001, p. 166
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 10, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Field, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Field, John L. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (double bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mattapan (Boston) |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1989 |
| Place of death | Miami |