Nick Fatool

Nick Fatool (* 2. January 1915 in Millbury , Worcester County , Massachusetts , † 26. September 2000 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz - drummer of swing and Dixieland jazz .

Live and act

Nick Fatool began his career as a professional musician in Providence , where he played in Joe Haymes ' band in 1937 ; then he worked in Dallas with Don Beston . In 1939 he played briefly with Bobby Hackett and then became a member of the Benny Goodman Orchestra . He was one of the best-known drummers of the swing era in the 1940s and played in the orchestras of Lionel Hampton , Artie Shaw (1940-41), Alvino Rey (1942-43), Claude Thornhill , Les Brown and Jan Savitt .

In 1943 he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician in the studios, a. a. as a member of the Capitol Jazzmen with Shorty Sherock , Nappy Lamare and Barney Bigard (1944), with Benny Carter / Arnold Ross , Harry James , Erroll Garner , Charlie Ventura (1946), Louis Armstrong (1949, 1951), Billie Holiday (1950) , as well as with Nat Cole , Jess Stacy , Tommy Dorsey , Matty Matlock and Glen Gray . Eventually he began working with Bob Crosby , playing with him regularly between 1949 and 1951, and with Crosby's Bobcats until the 1970s.

In the 1950s and 1960s Fatool was mainly active in the Dixieland Revival; he then played 1962-1965 with Pete Fountain and the Dukes of Dixieland . In the mid-1970s he was a member of The World's Greatest Jazz Band ; In 1982 he worked with Bud Freeman . In 1987, Fatool's only session as a band leader took place when he led a septet that included Eddie Miller , Johnny Mince and Ernie Carson .

Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-14-102327-9 .

personal data
SURNAME	Fatool, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American swing and Dixieland jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 2, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Millbury , Massachusetts
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 2000
Place of death	Los Angeles , California