Ray Lodwig
Ray Lodwig (* around 1900, † after 1935) was an American jazz trumpeter , singer and songwriter .
Life
Lodwig years 1920 played in the early in the jazz band of Ray Miller , with the end of 1923 in New York for Brunswick first recordings were made. In 1923 he switched to Jean Goldkette and Sam Lanin ; after the gold chain orchestra was dissolved in 1927, he worked a. a. with Cass Hagan ; In 1928 he belonged to an All Star Orchestra ( Jimmy McPartland , Glenn Miller , Tommy Dorsey , Benny Goodman , Joe Venuti , Carl Kress ) under the direction of Nat Shilkret (" My Melancholy Baby ", Victor). In 1930 he played with Joe Venuti and His New Yorkers (recordings for OKeh), Irving Mills & His Hotsy Totsy Gang (with Bix Beiderbecke and Benny Goodman), Bix Beiderbecke and Hoagy Carmichael (" Georgia on My Mind "). In 1935 he accompanied the singer Smith Ballew ; There are no recordings from later years. In the field of jazz he was involved in 37 recording sessions between 1923 and 1935. The trumpeter's playing was characterized by a trembling vibrato.
Lodwig wrote the title Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (1927) with Howard Quicksell , u. a. recorded by Bix Beiderbecke, Jimmy Lunceford , Pee Wee Russell and Eddie Condon .
Web links
- Ray Lodwig at Allmusic (English)
- Ray Lodwig at Discogs (English)
- Ray Lodwig in the DAHR database , see also other database entries: A B C (English). Retrieved May 27, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ^ Philip R. Evans Tram: The Frank Trumbauer Story . Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1994
- ↑ a b Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed February 10, 2016)
- ^ Jean Pierre Lion: Bix: The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend . 2005
- ↑ Information from The Database of Popular Music
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lodwig, Ray |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter, singer and songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1900 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1935 |