Meyer Weinberg

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Meyer "Pudgy" Weinberg (also Gene Meyer , born October 8, 1914 in New Orleans ; died September 29, 1970 in Dallas ) was an American jazz musician ( alto saxophone , clarinet ).

Weinberg, who came from a Jewish family, first worked in New Orleans with musicians of New Orleans jazz , such as the Red Bolman's Pennsylvanians , in which Julian Laine (trombone) and Monk Hazel also played. He later played in Chicago a. a. at Sharkey Bonano New Orleans Boys ( "Everybody Loves My Baby", Decca) and Santo Pecora and His Backroom Boys , with whom he made recordings in Los Angeles 1937th From 1937 he was a member of Louis Prima’s New Orleans gang , with whom he also appeared in the music film Swing Cats Jamboree (1938, directed by Roy Mack ). In the field of jazz he was involved in nine recording sessions between 1936 and 1939. Weinberg was active as a jazz musician until the 1940s.

Notes and individual references

  1. ^ Wolfgang Lamprecht: The Blue Notes of Klezmer. The woodwind instruments and the Jewish tone in jazz . Berlin 2016, pp. 45, 97
  2. ↑ Andrew Simons Jews of New Orleans: an archival guide New Orleans 1998, p. 172. See also Michael H. Kater : Daring game. Jazz under National Socialism . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-462-02409-4 , p. 140
  3. ^ New Orleans & Chicago jazz: a pamphlet published for the Discographical Society , ed. from Discographical Society Clifford Jones, 1947, p. 4
  4. ↑ Also in the band were Riley Scott (vocals), Shorty Sherock (trumpet), Stan Wrightsman (piano), Frank Frederico (guitar) and the double bass player Thurman Teague . See Calle & Dave Lindholm at TUM Records
  5. ^ Rebecca D. Clear: Jazz on Film and Video in the Library of Congress . 1993, p. 128
  6. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 19, 2016)
  7. ^ Association of Jewish Libraries Newsletter , Vol. 17-19, ed. from the Association of Jewish Libraries, Teaneck, 1998
personal data
SURNAME Weinberg, Meyer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meyer, Gene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH New Orleans
DATE OF DEATH 29th September 1970
Place of death Dallas