Lottie Hightower
Lottie Hightower (born September 1891 in Charleston (South Carolina) as Lottie Frost ; † after 1957 ) was an American jazz musician ( piano ).
Frost began playing the piano at the age of twelve; she received an education at a conservatory in Boston. In 1914 she became a pianist at the Dixieland Theater in her hometown . From 1916 she played in Henry Woodens Bon Tons . With Wooden's drummer Willie Richardson she also appeared in a duo; her performance of the Memphis Blues was a crowd favorite. Together with the trumpeter Willie Hightower she was active in 1917 as a companion of the vaudeville show The Smart Set ; after three months they married. The couple then worked in Mississippi to work on Wooden's Bon Tons by the end of the decade . In 1921 they moved to Chicago. Hightower played in Chicago bands in the early 1920s. There she founded the Eudora Night Hawks , which she directed. In 1925 the Night Hawks consisted of eleven musicians, including her husband. The band recorded in 1927 with Richard M. Jones for the Black Patti label (the title Squeeze Me was also released under the pseudonym Duke Randall and his Boys ). Studs Terkel was deeply impressed by the band. In the 1930s she worked as a theater musician. Around 1940 she ended her activities as a musician.
literature
- Benjamin Franklin V An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2016
Web links
- Red hot jazz
- Lottie Hightower at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ From 1923 she also worked as a cashier for the musicians' union.
- ↑ Lottie Hightower Night Hawks 1925
- ^ Studs Terkel Touch and Go: A Memoir . Chicago 2008, p. 43
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hightower, Lottie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frost, Lottie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (piano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Charleston, South Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1957 |