Manuel Manetta

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Manuel "Fess" Manetta (born October 3, 1889 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † October 10, 1969 ibid) was an American musician of New Orleans jazz . He played many instruments including the violin, guitar, piano, cornet, saxophone, and trombone.

Manetta came from a family of wind players and received lessons from violinist William J. Nickerson. Manetta had played with Buddy Bolden in his band and started the band in the Tuxedo Cabaret in 1910 , which initially included Arnold Metoyer, George Filhé, Luis Tio , Bab Frank, Peter Bocage and Louis Cottrell senior ; the band was later directed by Papa Celestin . Manetta was a member of the Eagle Brass Band and Tuxedo Brass Band . In 1919 he toured with Kid Ory (with whom he played the violin) and in the 1920s as a piano player with the Martel family band and played on the Mississippi river steamers with Ed Allen , but otherwise stayed in New Orleans. In 1925 he was involved as a pianist in the recordings of the Original Tuxedo Jazz Band . He played well into old age with the bands of Papa Celestin, Arnold Du Pas and Manuel Perez .

He is said to have been the teacher of Jelly Roll Morton and taught Henry Red Allen . He is also said to have written a trumpet part for Panama , which was then common in New Orleans . It is said that he not only played numerous instruments from very different families, he was also able to play two wind instruments at the same time well into old age. Because of his age he was also an important contemporary witness of jazz, of which interviews exist in the Tulane Jazz Archive.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Daniel Hardie Exploring Early Jazz: The Origins and Evolution of the New Orleans Style iUniverse 2002, p. 82
  2. ^ Sally Newhart The Original Tuxedo Jazz Band: More Than a Century of a New Orleans Icon , The History Press, 2013, p. 59
  3. ^ John Chilton Ride, Red, Ride: The Life of Henry 'Red' Allen Continuum 2000, p. 7
  4. ↑ John Chilton Ride, Red, Ride: The Life of Henry 'Red' Allen, p. 60
personal data
SURNAME Manetta, Manuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Manetta, Fess
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (multi-instrumentalist)
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans , Louisiana
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 1969
Place of death New Orleans , Louisiana