Original Memphis Five
| Original Memphis Five | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Jazz / Dixieland |
| founding | 1917 |
| resolution | 1950s |
| Founding members | |
| Phil Napoleon | |
| Jimmy Lytell | |
| Vincent Grande | |
| Frank Signorelli | |
| Jack Roth | |
| Last occupation | |
Trumpet |
Phil Napoleon |
clarinet |
Phil Olivella |
trombone |
Bobby Hackett |
piano |
Billy Maxted |
Drums |
Cliff Leeman |
| former members | |
trombone |
Miff Mole |
Trumpet |
Red Nichols |
| Eddie Lang | |
piano |
Hoagy Carmichael |
trombone |
Emile Christian |
The Original Memphis Five (also short: Memphis Five ) was an American jazz band from New York . The band played an important role in creating the improvised white jazz style in New York.
Band history
The Original Memphis Five was founded in New York in 1917 by trumpeter Phil Napoleon and pianist Frank Signorelli . The band was named after the piece Memphis Blues by WC Handy named, not after the city of Memphis . The band recorded around a hundred tracks between 1922 and 1931, some under other names such as Cotton Pickers , Jazzbo's Carolina Serenaders , Bailey's Lucky Seven , The Southland Six or Ladd's Black Aces . It dissolved around 1931. In the course of a Dixieland revival in 1948, she was reorganized and received an engagement at the Nick's jazz club in New York. The band performed in nightclubs for several years, but it is not known when they finally broke up.
Style and Influences
The band was influenced by various artists and bands such as Original Dixieland Jazz Band , whose line-up had previously included Lytell and Signorelli. The musical style of the Original Memphis Five is reminiscent of similar jazz bands such as The Red Heads , The Charleston Chasers or State Street Ramblers . The style is described as a “stonefront polyphony, which consisted of several obligatory melody lines”. The title was based on a harmonious framework, the refrains offered variety .
Discography
- Original recordings (selection)
- Runnin 'Wild (1922)
- I Wish I Could Shimmie Like My Sister Kate (1922)
- Aggravatin 'Papa (1923)
- Aunt Hager's Blues (1923)
- Memphis Glide (1923)
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do (1924)
- Indiana Stomp (1925)
- A Blues Serenade (1926)
- Tampeekoe (1926)
- Fireworks (1929)
- Beale Street Blues (1929)
- Jazz Me Blues (1931)
- Compilations
- The Original Memphis Five (1975, Folkway)
- The Original Memphis Five Collection, Vol. 1: 1922-23 (1993, Collector's Classic)
- Great White Way Blues (2000, Jazz Archives)
- Pathe Instrumentals: Complete Set 1922-1926 (2004, Retrieval Recordings)
- Columbias 1923-1931 (2006, Retrieval Recordings)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Stephen Longstreet, Alfons M. Duration: Knaurs Jazzlexikon . Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, Zurich 1957, p. 225 .
- ↑ Stephen Longstreet, Alfons M. Duration: Knaurs Jazzlexikon . Droemersche Verlagsanstalt, Zurich 1957, p. 213 .
Web links
- Original Memphis Five on Allmusic (English)
- Scott Alexander: Original Memphis Five. The Red Hot Jazz Archive, accessed November 19, 2009 .