Louis Speiginer
Louis Sol Speiginer (born January 20, 1915 in Phillips County , † August 8, 1982 in Pomona , California ) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues musician ( guitar , composition ).
Live and act
Louis Speiginer worked in the music scene in Southern California from the mid-1940s a. a. with Charles Mingus ("Make Believe", 1946), Geechie Smith , Buddy Tate , Fletcher Henderson and with Jay McShann , to be heard as soloist in "Jumpin 'with Louis". He accompanied Jimmy Witherspoon with his own sextet (“Cain River Blues” / “How I Hate to See Xmas Come Around”, Supreme 1946) and also took part in Witherspoon's first recording of the song “Ain't Nobody's Business”, which was a number one - Hit on the Billboard R&B chart in 1949 .
Under his own name he recorded the single "Louie's Guitar Boogie" (Supreme 1501) in 1947 (with Forrest Powell (tp), Frank Sleets (as), Charlie Thomas (ts), Jay McShann (p), Benny Booker (kb) and Pete McShann (dr)). 1950/51 he still worked with Ray Charles ("Ego Song"). The discographer Tom Lord lists his participation in 14 recording sessions between 1946 and 1951. In his main job he worked a. a. in a music store in Glendora, California . With Richard Thomas Ryan (lyrics) he wrote the song "The Piper of Cambay".
Web links
- Memory page of his family
- Louis Speiginer at Allmusic (English)
- Louis Speiginer at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sir Compton Mackenzie, Christopher Stone: The Gramophone, Volume 47. C. Mackenzie, 1969, p. 1348
- ↑ Louis Speiginer's Orchestra at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed June 17, 2019)
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries. US Government Printing Office, 1955, p. 184
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Speiginer, Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Speiginer, Louis Sol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American rhythm & blues and jazz musician (guitar) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Phillips County |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1982 |
| Place of death | Pomona (California) |