Mancy Carr

Mancy Peck Carr (sometimes incorrectly listed as Cara on records , * 1899 (unsecured), † February 10, 1946 (unsecured)) was an American jazz musician ( banjo , guitar ).

Life

Carr probably grew up in West Virginia , moved to Chicago around 1924 and played in the bands of Carroll Dickerson and Lottie Hightower . He also made two recordings with Dickerson. He became known through his participation in the legendary recordings of the second Hot Five by Louis Armstrong , which was newly formed in 1928 , in which he mainly played the banjo , but also guitar, and also acted as a singer alongside Armstrong in 1928/1929 . From June 26, 1928 to November 26, 1929 he played in recordings in various line-ups with Louis Armstrong, with whom he also went to New York. He later returned to Chicago and probably played in a band with his brother in West Virginia. Then he disappeared from the scene. The Charleston Gazette of Charleston , Kanawha County, West Virginia, published a death notice that a Mancy Carr died on February 10, 1946 at the age of 47. He can also be heard on recordings by Lillie Delk Christian .

literature

• Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
• Brian Rust: Jazz and Ragtime Records 1897-1942 Mainspring Press 2002

Web links

• Mancy Carr at Allmusic (English)
• Mancy Carr at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Henry Martin, Keith Waters: Essential jazz: the first 100 years , page 63 [1]
2. ↑ In June 1928 he also accompanied the singer Lillie Delk Christian with Armstrong's Hot Four (with Jimmy Noone and Earl Hines ) .
3. ↑ Hot Fives & Sevens Archived Copy ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.