Lou Blackburn
Lou Blackburn (born November 12, 1922 in Rankin (Pennsylvania) , † June 7, 1990 in Berlin ) was an American modern jazz trombonist .
Live and act
Blackburn learned his instrument in high school and later studied music at Roosevelt University . He did military service mostly in army bands and then played with Charlie Ventura and Lionel Hampton . He then moved to New York and worked at Cat Anderson . In 1961 he moved to Los Angeles to work in the studios, but also recorded with Gerald Wilson and under his own name with Freddie Hill and Horace Tapscott ( The Complete Imperial Sessions , Blue Note Records ). With Charles Mingus he performed at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival ( Mingus at Monterey ), where he could also be heard in the Thelonious Monk festival band led by Buddy Collette ( Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival ). In 1970 he moved to Germany, where he worked with Kurt Edelhagen in Cologne before becoming the musical director of the play "Catch My Soul", which was performed at the Theater des Westens in Berlin. A longer stay in Africa inspired him to found the group "Mombasa", with which he successfully toured Europe since 1973 and presented a program with African-oriented ethno-jazz . He also played in the Krautrock band Agitation Free .
Lexigraphic entries
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5
Web links
- Reminder page
- Biography at answers.com (Engl.)
Remarks
- ↑ was born in 1921
- ↑ has, like the English based on it. Wikipedia article the year of birth 1922, but no date of death
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blackburn, Lou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trombonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rankin, Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1990 |
| Place of death | Berlin |