Raymond Burke (musician)
Raymond "Ray" Burke (born June 6, 1904 in New Orleans as Raymond Barrois ; † May 21, 1986 ibid) was an American jazz musician ( clarinet , soprano saxophone ) of Dixieland jazz .
Burke came from a musical family, but was self-taught ; except for a brief period in Kansas City in the late 1930s, he spent his career in the New Orleans music scene. At first he played on the kazoo . He began working as a professional musician around 1920, playing with Blind Gilbert in the mid-1920s and with Henry Waldes Melon Pickers in the 1930s . In the following years he was a member of Sharkey Bonano , Johnny Wiggs , George Hartman, Wooden Joe Nicholas , Dukes of Dixieland , George Girard , Johnny St. Cyr and Kid Thomas Valentine . Occasionally Burke also led his own formations, with which he had appearances in the Preservation Hall from 1960 . In 1960 he joined Punch Miller's band . He remained active until the mid-1980s. The title Solitude was created under his own name in 1937 ; This was followed by a number of albums for the labels New Orleans Records (1949), Paramount (1952), Southland (1953 & 1960), Land O 'Jazz (1975), 504 (1979) and Smoky Mary (1983).
Discographic notes
- Raymond Burke's Speakeasy Boys - 1937-1949 (American Music) with Wooden Joe Nicholas, Johnny St. Cyr, Louis Gallaud
- Raymond Burke / Paul Barbarin (Southland, 10 "-LP)
- Ken Colyer : Unknown New Orleans Sessions with Raymond Burke 1952-1953
- Raymond Burke and His New Orleans Jazz Band (Southland, 1953) with Alvin Alcorn
- Crescent City Music: St. Louis Blues (GHB, 1957), with Phil Darois
- Kid Thomas Band With Raymond Burke (Jazzology, 1960)
- A Self-Portrait (1975)
- Kid Thomas and his Algiers Stompers with Raymond Burke New Orleans - The Legends Live - Vol. 30
Lexical entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler: Reclams Jazzführer (= Reclams Universal Library. No. 10185/10196). Reclam, Stuttgart 1970, ISBN 3-15-010185-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information in the Louisiana Digital Library ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Raymond Burke at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Raymond Burke at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burke, Raymond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Burke, Ray (nickname); Barrois, Raymond (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (clarinet, soprano saxophone) of Dixieland Jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1986 |
| Place of death | New Orleans |