Punch Miller

Punch Miller or Kid Punch Miller (actually Ernest Miller * 10. June 1894 in Raceland (Louisiana) ; † 2. December 1971 ) was a Dixieland jazz - trumpet player and singer.

Punch Miller started his career playing with Kid Ory in New Orleans , where he worked from 1919 to 1927 before moving to Chicago . There he played in various bands, such as Jelly Roll Morton and Tiny Parham and took part in numerous recordings, such as Jimmy Blythe , Johnny Dodds , King Oliver , Jimmy Wade and Kid Howard . The waning interest in traditional jazz meant that he only appeared at festivals for a while and gradually fell into oblivion. In the 1960s with the Dixieland Revival movement he received more attention again as part of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band ; he returned to New Orleans, played in the Preservation Hall and led his own band. In 1962 an album was made for Atlantic Records , Jazz at Preservation Hall, Vol. 3 , on which Miller played with George Lewis . In 1963 he went on tour in Japan with George Lewis. In the late 1960s he played with Captain John Handy and with Jimmy Archey ( Reunion ). Punch Miller performed until the end of his life, most recently at the Newport Jazz Festival .

Miller, who resided in Chicago for most of his life, was the subject of a television documentary ( Til the Butcher Cuts him down ).

Discographic notes

• Prelude to the Revival (American Music, 1941)
• Punch Miller's New Orleans Jazz Band 1957 (504 Records, 1957), with Louis Gallaud

Web links

• New York Times on the film
• Artist direct
• documentation

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• Bielefeld catalog 1988 & 2002
• Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 9th edition. Penguin, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0 .
• Rex Harris & Brian Rust: Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide . London, Penguin Books, 1958.