Johnny Mince
Johnny Mince (* 8. July 1912 in Chicago Heights as John Muenzenberger ; † 23. December 1994 in Boca Raton ) was an American clarinetist of Swing . As one of the leading soloists of this style, "he anticipated Buddy DeFranco's style with his virtuoso technique, his predilection for a flood of notes and his bright, clear, even tone ."
Live and act
Mince initially worked at Joe Haymes from 1929 to 1934; then he was a member of Ray Noble's orchestra from 1935 to 1937 , interrupted by a brief interlude in 1936 with Bob Crosby ; In Glenn Miller's arrangements for Noble, he played the voice that was originally intended for trumpeter Pee Wee Erwin on the clarinet to support the woodwind sound Miller intended. With Noble's band he was also seen in the feature film The Big Broadcast of 1936 . In 1937 he switched to Tommy Dorsey , with whom he stayed until 1941 and became famous as a soloist on his recordings with the Clambake Seven and Big Band; he was also featured in the film Las Vegas Nights (1941). After completing his military service until 1945, in which he toured with Irving Berlin's show This Is the Army , he worked mainly as a studio musician; he also directed several combos in New York City . In 1967 he was hired by Louis Armstrong instead of Buster Bailey . In 1969 he joined the Chicago Jazz Sextet . In 1974 he performed with Warren Covington's Tommy Dorsey Orchestra , and two years later with the New Paul Whiteman Orchestra . He later worked with Yank Lawson , Bob Haggart and the World's Greatest Jazz Band , with whom he toured internationally as well as in 1983 with the Great Eight and Keith Smith's 100 Years of American Dixieland . It was not until 1979 that several albums were created under his own name. He also recorded with Red Norvo , Glenn Miller, Rick Fay and Barbara Lea .
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
Web links
- Hans Kumpf portrait (1983)
- Scott Yanow , Johnny Mince at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to Reclam's jazz dictionary, the year of death is 1997.
- ^ W. Kampmann Reclams Jazzlexikon , p. 356
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mince, Johnny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Muenzenberger, John (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swing clarinetist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago Heights |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1994 |
| Place of death | Boca Raton |