Manuel Perez (musician)
Emanuel Perez , called Manuel (born December 28, 1871 , † 1946 in New York City ) was an American jazz trumpeter ( cornet ) and band leader of New Orleans jazz
Perez came from a Creole family with Spanish, French and African American ancestry. He played in brass bands as early as the 1880s. Perez was musically trained and, unlike many other jazz musicians of the time, could play by sight. Around 1900 he joined the Onward Brass Band , which he led from 1903 to 1930. He also founded the Imperial Orchestra in 1901, which existed until 1908. The Onward Brass Band was one of the leading marching bands in New Orleans. You belonged u. a. King Oliver , Peter Bocage , Lorenzo Tio , George Baquet . Louis Armstrong remembers in his autobiography that he followed the band as a boy and admired the duets of Oliver (on second trumpet) and Perez. In 1915, Perez went to Chicago , where he played with Charles Elgar's Creole Orchestra at the Arsonia Cafe and Arthur Sims' band. In the 1920s he was back in New Orleans, where he a. a. played on parades with the Maple Leaf Orchestra and on the Mississippi steamers with Fate Marable . In 1926 he made his only recordings with the Elgar Orchestra in Chicago. During the Depression, worked in his brother's moving company. He sold used furniture in the associated second hand shop and also took up his profession of cigar making again. When interest in early jazz arose in the 1930s, Perez refused to provide any information. However, there is a brief discussion about the old days and the like. a. with John Reid on CD (AMCD-44 Track 10). He had several strokes in the 1940s and ultimately died of them in 1946.
He influenced not only King Oliver and Armstrong through his playing, but also other trumpeters like Kid Rena and even Buddy Bolden . Even Sidney Bechet expresses his admiration for the "musicianer" Perez in his memoirs.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Web links
Remarks
- ^ According to Reclam's jazz guide. Redhotjazz (see web links) states 1873
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perez, Manuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perez, Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter (cornet) and bandleader of New Orleans jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1871 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1946 |
| Place of death | New York City |