Nick Fenton (musician)

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Nicholas "Nick" Fenton (* about 1918 , † unknown) was an American jazz - bassist who in the early bebop scene was active in New York.

Live and act

Fenton was the child of Caribbean immigrants and grew up in Manhattan around Manhattan Avenue and 119th Street. In the early 1940s he was part of the house band at New York jazz club Minton's Playhouse with Kenny Clarke , Joe Guy and Thelonious Monk , who played jam sessions with musicians like Charlie Christian , Dizzy Gillespie and Hot Lips Page . In 1940 he played with Coleman Hawkins ; first recordings were made in 1940 with Slim Gaillard ( Put Your Arms Around Me, Baby / Hey! Chief ) for OKeh Records . In 1941 he played with Lester Young ( Tickle Toe ) and Una Mae Carlisle ( Blitzkrieg Baby [You Can't Bomb Me] ), in 1942 with Lucky Millinder and in 1945 with Dud Bascomb . In the field of jazz he was involved in 20 recording sessions between 1940 and 1945.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Robin Kelley: Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original , pp. 63f.
  2. ^ Scott Yanow : Jazz on Record: The First Sixty Years , 2003, p. 248
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 28, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME Fenton, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fenton, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz bassist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1918