Max Kaminsky (musician)
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Max Kaminsky (born September 7, 1908 in Brockton / Massachusetts ; † September 6, 1994 ) was an American jazz trumpeter of Dixieland Jazz .
Kaminsky began his career in Boston in 1924 after completing his private training . In 1928 he played in Chicago with George Wettling and Frank Teschemacher . For a short time he was also in the Original Dixieland Jass Band . He later moved to New York City and worked at Red Nichols . In 1933 he played with the Chocolate Dandies of Eddie Condon and Benny Carter , then with Mezz Mezzrow . He worked with Tommy Dorsey (1936, 1938), Artie Shaw and Bud Freeman (1939). He played in the South Pacific with the naval band that Artie Shaw directed during World War II. He then performed with Condon at Carnegie Hall and played with Sidney Bechet , George Brunis , Art Hodes , Joe Marsala , Willie The Lion Smith and Jack Teagarden (e.g. Big T. and Mighty Max , Teldec 1979, compilation by Commodore Recordings 1944).
In the 1950s he played for several years in the television band of Jackie Gleason , played frequently with Eddie Condon and was also a member of the Earl Hines All stars , with whom he toured Europe in 1957. In 1958/59 he toured Europe and Asia with Teagarden. In 1963 he wrote his autobiography with VE Hughes and since 1964 he had his own band again, with whom he performed several times until the 1980s at the Newport Jazz Festival and played in the Jimmy Ryan’s club in the 1970s .
literature
- Max Kaminsky, Hughes Jazz Band - my life in Jazz , Harper and Row, 1963
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaminsky, Max |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Dixieland Jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brockton , Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1994 |