Paul Crawford (jazz musician)

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Paul Crawford (born February 16, 1925 in Atmore, Alabama ; † July 31, 1996 in New Orleans ) was an American jazz musician ( trombone , baritone horn ) and music historian .

Paul Crawford studied at the Eastman Conservatory in Rochester (New York) and came to New Orleans in 1951; there he was co-leader of the Crawford-Ferguson Night Owls . The first recordings were made in 1957 with the Lakefront Loungers . He also worked from 1967 with the New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra (with whom he played on the soundtrack of the film Pretty Baby (director: Louis Malle , 1978)), the Olympia Brass Band of Harold Dejan and other orchestras. Crawford participated in 55 recording sessions between 1958 and 1991, including a. with Pud Brown , The Raspberry Ragtimers, and Doc Cheatham .

Crawford was associate curator of the Tulane University Jazz Archives and conducted numerous interviews for an oral history of jazz. He died in July 1996 of complications from lung cancer .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Brief portrait at satchmo.com (February 16) ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.satchmo.com
  2. ↑ Paul Crawford at Discogs (English)
  3. ↑ Tom Lord discography
  4. ↑ See Charles Suhor: Jazz in New Orleans: the Postwar Years through 1970 and Christopher Wilkinson: Jazz on the Road: Don Albert 's Musical Life , p. 245
personal data
SURNAME Crawford, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (trombone, baritone horn) and music historian
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Atmore, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 1996
Place of death New Orleans