Ollie Powers
Ollie Powers (actually Oliver Powell , * 1886 in Louisville (Kentucky) , † April 1928 in Chicago ) was an American musician (vocals, drums) and band leader of Chicago jazz .
Powers appeared in Chicago from 1914 with the Panama Trio as a vaudeville singer, also in a duo with the pianist Shelton Brooks . In the early 1920s he played in the Fields Crackerjack Band ; In 1923 he worked with his own band, the Harmony Syncopators , with whom he performed in well-known venues such as the Dreamland Cafe, Lincoln Gardens and Paradise Gardens . In 1923 recordings were made for Paramount Records ("Play That Thing"). His band included u. a. Tommy Ladnier and Jimmie Noone , in October 1924 Lil and Louis Armstrong were also in Ollie Powers' Dreamland Band.
Powers also played with Frankie Jaxon . In two other Paramount sessions he was a vocalist a. a. accompanied by Clarence M. Jones ("Pensacola Joe") and by Bernie Young , Preston Jackson , Stump Evans and Cassino Simpson ("Jazzbo Jenkins"). After Tom Lord , he participated in four recording sessions between 1923 and 1925. He died in 1928 of complications from diabetes ; Louis Armstrong played at his funeral.
Web links
- Eugene Chadbourne : Ollie Powers at Allmusic (English)
- Ollie Powers at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Albert McCarthy : Big Band Jazz . 1983, page 28.
- ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 9, 2014)
- ↑ 60 years of recorded jazz, 1917-1977 . 1979, page A-235.
- ^ Paul Oliver : The Story of the Blues: The Making of a Black Music . 1997, p. 75
- ^ Max Jones , John Chilton : Louis: the Louis Armstrong Story, 1900-1971 . London 1971, p. 79
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| SURNAME | Powers, Ollie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Powell, Oliver (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician (vocals, drums) and band leader of Chicago jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville (Kentucky) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1928 |
| Place of death | Chicago |