Karl George
Karl Curtis George (born April 6, 1913 in St. Louis , † 1978 ) was an American jazz trumpeter .
Karl George played at the beginning of his musician career in 1933 with McKinney's Cotton Pickers and Cecil Lee . In the course of the 1930s he then belonged to the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra and finally to the orchestras of Teddy Wilson (1939-40) and Lionel Hampton (1941/42, heard on "In the Bag"). 1942/43 he served in the US Army; he then moved to California, where he worked with Stan Kenton (1943), Benny Carter (1944), Count Basie (1945) and Happy Johnson (1946).
For recordings for the Melodisc label , he directed his own octet in Los Angeles in 1945/46. a. Bill Doggett , Freddie Green , Buddy Tate , JJ Johnson , John Simmons, and Lucky Thompson played; the singles "Baby It's Up to You" and "Grand Slam" were created. George also took part in recording sessions with Bob Mosley, Ivie Anderson , the Octet by Charles Mingus (May 1946), Slim Gaillard and His Boogiereeneers , Oscar Pettiford , Dinah Washington / Lucky Thompson. In the late 1940s, George withdrew from the music scene due to illness. His playing style is reminiscent, according to Erik Wiedemann at Harry Sweets Edison .
Discographic notes
- Charles Mingus: West Coast: 1945-1949 (Uptown) (Baron Mingus and His Octet)
- Slim Gaillard 1945 (Classics)
- Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson All-Stars: Mellow Mama ( Delmark Records , 1945)
Web links
Lexical entry
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- John Jörgensen, Erik Wiedemann : Jazzlexikon , Munich, Mosaik, 1967
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | George, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | George, Karl Curtis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis, Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1978 |