Time Hallett
Mal Hallett ; actually Malcolm Gray Hallett (* 1896 in Roxbury , Massachusetts , † November 20, 1952 in Boston , Massachusetts) was an American violinist, alto saxophonist and big band leader in the field of swing and popular music .
Life
Mal Hallett graduated from the Boston Conservatory of Music ; During the First World War he played in France as a member of the Al Moore Orchestra. After the war he worked as a violinist in Boston theaters and hotels, and later he also played the alto saxophone. In the 1930s he led his own band, which performed primarily in the New England states, in New York at the Arkadia and Roseland Ballroom , in Atlantic City and the seaside resorts on the east coast of the United States . A number of later well-known jazz musicians played in his ensemble, including Gene Krupa , Jack Teagarden , Frankie Carle , Jack Jenney , Toots Mondello , Floyd O'Brien , Spud Murphy , Boots Mussulli , Brad Gowans , Turk Murphy , Johnny Williams and Don Fagerquist . Hallett's band vocalists were Irene Daye , Teddy Grace and Clark Yocum .
Hallett recorded eight pages for Vocalion in 1936 and over 40 tracks for Decca Records from 1936 to 1938 . His most popular numbers included "(Have You Forgotten) The You and Me That Used to Be", "In the Chapel in the Moonlight", "Turn Off the Moon" and "One in a Million", but none of them became big Hit. As one of the older swing band leaders, Hallett soon struggled to remain popular and broke up his band in the mid-1940s. Alcohol problems and an arm injury eventually prevented him from continuing to play the violin. In 1950 he accompanied the singer Patti Page on appearances in the New England states.
literature
- Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena CA 1978, ISBN 0-378-01991-0 .
- Simon, George T .: The Big Bands . With a foreword by Frank Sinatra. 3rd revised edition. New York City, New York: Macmillan Publishing Co and London: Collier Macmillan Publishers, 1974, pp. 230f
Web links
- Time Hallett at Solid!
- American Big Bands Database
- Obituary New York Times November 22nd
- Mal Hallett in the Bigband Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hallett, Mal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hallett, Malcolm Gray (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz violinist and big band leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Roxbury , Massachusetts, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 1952 |
| Place of death | Boston , Massachusetts, United States |