Monk Hazel
Arthur "Monk" Hazel (born August 15, 1903 in Harvey , Louisiana , † March 5, 1968 in New Orleans ) was an American jazz drummer who occasionally played the cornet and mellophone . He was considered one of the last representatives of the Dixieland style and contributed to its revival during the swing era.
Harvey grew up in Gretna and New Orleans. Musically he first appeared in 1920 with Emmett Hardy , played in 1924 with Abbie Brunis ' Halfway House Orchestra and in 1925 with Tony Parenti .
By 1928 he had his own band before he went to New York and played with Johnny Hyman and Jack Pettis , which in turn enabled him to have his own group for three years. Before he served in the US Army in 1942 and 1943 due to the war, he played both drums and cornet for Gene Austin in Hollywood.
Back in New Orleans in 1946 he was part of an all-star band with Johnny Wiggs , Julian Laine , Bujie Centobie, Armand Hug and Chink Martin , who worked weekly for the station WSMB, for 18 months . In 1950 he performed with Sharkey Bonano . Later he also worked with George Girard , Mike Lala , Santo Pecora and all the other greats of the New Orleans jazz scene.
In 1954 he recorded with Monk Hazel & His New Orleans Jazz Kings ( inter alia with Al Hirt , Pete Fountain and Phil Darois ) the only album under his own name (in addition to four pieces with his 1928 band) that was released on Southland Records .
literature
- Stephen Longstreet, Alfons Duration : Knaurs Jazz Lexikon , Munich / Zurich 1957
Web links
- Monk Hazel at Allmusic (English)
- Monk Hazel at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Charles Suhor Jazz in New Orleans: The Postwar Years Through 1970. Rowman & Littlefield 2001, p. 122
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hazel, Monk |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hazel, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harvey , Louisiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th March 1968 |
| Place of death | New Orleans , Louisiana , United States |