Lloyd Trotman

Lloyd Nelson Trotman (born May 25, 1923 in Boston , † October 3, 2007 in New York City ) was an American rhythm and blues , jazz and studio musician ( double bass ).

Live and act

Lloyd Trotman began his music career in Boston's South End, studying double bass at the New England Conservatory of Music . In 1941 he toured with Blanche Calloway , in 1945 he moved to New York, where he worked in the jazz clubs on 52nd Street . Since then he has played a. a. in the bands of Jerry Wald (with whom the first recordings were made in 1942), Billie Holiday , Stuff Smith , Eddie Heywood , Hazel Scott , Duke Ellington , Boyd Raeburn and Johnny Hodges (" The Jeep is Jumpin ' "). In the 1950s he worked as a studio musician in the field of rhythm and blues a. a. for Atlantic Records and as a theater musician, a. a. with Alan Freeds Rock 'n' Roll Orchestra, Della Reese and Dinah Washington , also with Lucky Millinder (1952), Ray Charles (1953), Big Joe Turner (1956-58, among others on Shake, Rattle and Roll ).

Trotman took part in Ben E. King's hit Stand By Me in 1961 ; he can also be heard on recordings by Oscar Pettiford (1950), Bud Powell / Art Blakey ( Thou Swell , 1955) and Red Allen (1957). He performed with Allen in 1959 at the Newport Jazz Festival . He was also active as a composer and took under his own name with his Lloyd Trotman trio for the labels Tuxedo (The Man I Love, 1954) and Brunswick Records at (Trottin 'In, 1959). In the field of jazz and R&B he was involved in 123 recording sessions between 1942 and 1967, apart from the aforementioned also with cousin Joe / Leonard Feather , Al Sears (Castle Rock) , Sonny Thompson , Bull Moose Jackson , LaVern Baker , Ruth Brown , Al Hibbler , Big Maybelle , Woody Herman and His Orchestra , Milt Trenier , Lawrence Brown , Big John Greer , Sam "The Man" Taylor , Varetta Dillard , Screamin 'Jay Hawkins , King Curtis , Ivory Joe Hunter , Chuck Willis , Budd Johnson , Don Redman , Jimmy Scott , Erskine Hawkins , Pat Thomas , Don Wilkerson, and Memphis Slim . In his later years he performed with pianist Billy Rowland at a Long Island restaurant . He last lived in Huntington, New York.

Web links

• Lloyd Trotman at Allmusic (English)
• Lloyd Trotman at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 21, 2014)
2. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.