Karl De Karske

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Karl De Karske (also Karl DeKarske , born March 3, 1915 , † July 2, 2010 ) was an American jazz and studio musician ( bass trombone , trombone ).

Live and act

De Karske played in the big bands of Tommy Dorsey (1945), Charlie Barnet and Stan Kenton from the 1940s . In 1945 he played briefly with the Duke Ellington Orchestra and in 1951 with Frankie Carle . From the mid-1950s he worked mainly with Henry Mancini , where he was part of the trombone set with Dick Nash, Jimmy Priddy and John Halliburton ( The Blues and the Beat 1960), as well as Pete Candoli (1958) and Woody Herman and His Orchestra ( around 1960). In the late 1950s and 1960s he also worked on numerous film soundtracks , such as the Orson Welles film Under Signs of Evil and the Blake Edwards films Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Experiment in Terror and the television series Mr. Lucky . In the field of jazz he was involved in 43 recording sessions between 1945 and 1966. a. also with Billy Bean / John Pisano , Nat King Cole , Ziggy Elman and Ella Fitzgerald and Charlie Shavers .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Dead Rock Stars Club - 2010 January to June In: thedeadrockstarsclub.com , Retrieved May 21, 2019
  2. ↑ Obituary at Local 802
  3. ^ Peter J. Levinson: Tommy Dorsey: Livin 'in a Great Big Way, a Biography . P. 198
  4. ^ William F. Lee, Audree Coke Kenton, Stan Kenton: Artistry in Rhythm . Creative Press of Los Angeles, 1980, p. 221.
  5. ^ Charles Garrod: Frankie Carle and his Orchestra . Joyce Record Club Publication, 1989 p. 27
  6. ^ Albert J. McCarthy: Jazz Discography . Cassell, 1960, p. 135
  7. ↑ JOHN PISANO / BILLY BEAN In: Blue Sounds Jazz Store Barcelona, ​​Retrieved May 21, 2019
  8. ^ Charles Garrod: Woody Herman and His Orchestra: 1958-1987 . Joyce Record Club Publication, 1997, p. 8
  9. ↑ EXPERIMENT IN TERROR - THE GRIP OF FEAR In: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, accessed on May 21, 2019
  10. ^ Jazz on the Screen. A jazz and blues filmography by David Meeker
  11. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  12. ^ Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 ; and Bielefeld catalog 1985 and 2001
personal data
SURNAME De Karske, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES DeKarske, Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and studio musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1915
DATE OF DEATH July 2, 2010