Lorenzo Flennoy
Lorenzo Flennoy ( June 1910 - October 1971 ) was an American pianist of jump blues and rhythm & blues .
Flennoy, who was a childhood friend of Marshall Royal , began his music career in 1931 with Charlie Ebols & His Ebony Serenaders. He was active on the west coast of the United States in the 1940s, particularly with his trio in the music scene on Central Avenue in Los Angeles . In the early 1940s he also led a big band there at Club Alabam. a. Teddy Buckner was a member. He made his debut single in 1944 on the Armed Forces Radio Service label and on Jubilee Records . The following year Melodisc released two singles , which he recorded with guitarist Jimmy Edwards and singer Dan Grissom ( My Honey Chile and the Induction Blues ). At the end of 1945 he received a recording contract with Excelsior and took seven more records by 1947. In 1946, his music was widely recognized by Billboard , which compared him to the Nat Cole trio.
Singer Big Joe Turner took part in his last record session ( Did You Ever Love a Woman ). Flennoy also played with Jack McVea , Don Byas , Chico Hamilton , Bill Douglass , Buddy Collette , Charles Mingus and accompanied the singer Mabel Scott around 1945 . In the 1950s he worked primarily as a nightclub organist in Los Angeles.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Marshall Royal: Jazz Survivor
- ^ Charles Delaunay : Hot discographie encyclopédique 1952. Volume 3 (El-He) . Paris, Éditions Jazz Disques, 1952.
- ^ Roy Porter, David Keller: There and Back
- ^ Black Beauty, White Heat: A Pictorial History of Classic Jazz 1920-1950
- ^ Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : The rough guide to jazz
- ↑ Guido Van Rijn: The Truman and Eisenhower Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel Songs
- ↑ a b Mabel Scott at rousefamily.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Billboard Jan 5, 1946
- ↑ Nick Tosches, Jean-Marc Mandosio: Héros oubliés du rock'n'roll: les années sauvages du rock avant Elvis
- ↑ Information with video search ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Who's who of jazz: Storyville to Swing Street
- ^ Leonard Feather, Ira Gitler: The Biographical ENCYCLOPEDIA of Jazz
- ↑ cf. Clora Bryant et al. a .: Central Avenue Sounds: Jazz in Los Angeles
- ↑ Jet, November 14, 1957
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Flennoy, Lorenzo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1910 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1971 |