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Noble Lee Sissle (born July 10, 1889 in Indianapolis , Indiana , † December 17, 1975 in Tampa , Florida ) was an African-American singer, violinist, band leader and songwriter.
Live and act
Sissle, whose father also worked as an organist, initially sang in minstrel and gospel groups . From 1917 to 1919 he did military service as a drum major in the band of the 369th Infantry Regiment (the Harlem Hellfighter Band ). After James Reese Europe's death, he took over his band, which was one of the first jazz-related ragtime orchestras before 1920. He then performed with Eubie Blake as the "Dixie Duo" and wrote the lyrics to many of Blake's ragtime songs. The greatest success of the two was the 1921 Broadway musical Shuffle Along , in which u. a. Josephine Baker performed as a dancer. They rewrote the waltz song from the show I'm Just Wild About Harry in 4/4 time as an election song for Harry S. Truman in the 1940s .
In 1922 they were successful in the charts with the Spencer Williams composition "Arkansas Blues (A Down Home Chant)" (# 10); 1923 followed for Victor Records rehearsed " Down Hearted Blues " by Alberta Hunter (# 13) and Movies ( Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake Sing Snappy Songs ). In 1924 the revue The Chocolate Dandies followed ; In 1925/26 Sissle toured Europe with Blake and William Thornton Blue , where he stayed until 1928 and performed with French bands. During the 1930s he was also active as a band leader; In his show and entertainment orchestra, the young Lena Horne made her first attempts as a singer in 1935 . His musicians briefly included a. also Sidney Bechet , Buster Bailey , Bill Coleman and Tommy Ladnier . From 1938 to 1950 Sissle had a longer engagement in Billy Rose's Club Diamond Horseshoe in New York, in 1942/43 with Jesse Cryor as a vocalist. In 1953 he played on the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower . He then moved to Florida.
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclam's jazz guide . Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 , ( Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 10185/96).
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-532000-8 , (Previously: 1999).
- Leo Walker: The Big Band Almanac . Ward Ritchie Press, Pasadena CA 1978, ISBN 0-378-01991-0 .
Web links
- Noble Sissle in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Noble Sissle at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sissle, noble |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sissle, Noble Lee (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician and lyricist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Indianapolis , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th December 1975 |
| Place of death | Tampa , Florida |