Pete Daily
Thaman Pierce "Pete" Daily (born May 5, 1911 in Portland , Indiana , † August 23, 1986 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American jazz musician ( cornet , valve trombone ) of traditional jazz (Dixieland) and swing .
Daily learned the baritone horn and tuba first and then switched to the cornet. From the early 1930s he played in Chicago a . a. with Bud Freeman , Frank Melrose , Art Van Damme , Boyce Brown . In 1930 he recorded with "Jack Davies and his Kentuckians", where he played bass saxophone and cornet. In 1942 he moved to the West Coast, where he played with Mike Riley and in the Ozzie Nelson big band. After a year in the merchant navy and military service in World War II, he founded his own band "Pete Daily and his Chicagoans" at the end of 1945, with which he recorded (at Jump, Capitol (" Peggy O'Neil“), No recordings after 1954) and had long engagements in various nightclubs in Hollywood in the 1950s (such as in Sardis, The Royal Room, Hangover or Beverly Caverns ). In his band were Rosy McHargue (clarinet, C-Melody saxophone), Bud Wilson, Joe Rushton , Don Owens and Red Cooper. Daily went temporarily to his native Indiana in the 1960s, where he learned to play the valve trombone and played in Smoky Stover's band. He was active until the 1970s. In 1979 a stroke forced him to retire.
He was married and had six children.
His band can also be seen in the movie "Meet the Dixieland Bands" (with the Firehouse Five plus Two and Red Nichols ).
literature
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 3rd, revised and expanded edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1989, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
Discography
As a leader:
- Pete Daily and his Chicagoans
- Dixie by Daily, Capitol 1953
- Dixieland Jazz Battle, Decca 1950
- Pete Daily and his Chicagoans / Phil Napoleon and his Memphis Five, 1946
- Pete Daily's Dixieland Band, Capitol 1950
- Pete Daily, 1945
With others:
- Frank Bull and Gene Norman present Dixieland Jubilee, Live from the Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles 1949, Dixieland Jubilee
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daily, Pete |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daily, Thaman Pierce |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (cornet, valve trombone) of traditional jazz (Dixieland) and swing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23rd August 1986 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |