Louis Bacon (musician)

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Louis Bacon (* 1. November 1904 in Louisville , Kentucky , † 8. December 1967 in New York City ) was an American jazz - trumpet player and singer of Swing .

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Bacon grew up in Chicago and began working as a professional musician at the age of 22, initially in a combo with Zinky Cohn . In 1928 Bacon went to New York City , played with Bingie Madison, a trumpeter in James Tim Brymn's band ; after an episode at Brymn he worked in 1929/1930 in the band of Chick Webb . In 1930 he also worked on recordings of Bessie Smith . In the 1930s he also played with the Duke Ellington Orchestra , for the first time in December 1933 ( Dear Old Southland and Daybreak Express ), and later with musicians from the Ellington area such as Rex Stewart and his 52nd Street Stompers in 1939 ( The Duke's Men ). Bacon can also be heard as a singer in Ellington's "Rude Interlude".

From 1935 to 1938 he played with Louis Armstrong . Bacon had to take a break after contracting tuberculosis , but returned to the stage in 1939 when he performed with Benny Carter's big band at the Savoy Ballroom . At the end of that year, Louis Bacon went to Europe, where he performed with Willie Lewis ' orchestra mainly in France and Switzerland; in Paris he made recordings under his own name for the Swing label , a. a. also with the Freddy Johnson Orchestra. In 1941 he played there with Ernst Höllerhagen in the dance orchestra "The Original Teddies". On his return to the United States, Bacon worked for Cootie Williams , a colleague from the Ellington Band. Bacon fell ill again and again; In 1944, however, he performed with saxophonist Garvin Bushell . After the end of World War II, he played on USO tours in Asia as a member of the Jessie Stone Orchestra. In the 1950s health reasons forced him to give up the trumpet to a large extent, but he appeared from time to time in New York clubs such as Jimmy Ryan's , but focused more on singing. In the 1960s, Bacon worked more often as an ambulance driver.

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