Richard McPartland
Richard George "Dick" McPartland (born May 18, 1905 in Chicago , † November 30, 1957 in Elmhurst , Illinois ) was an American guitarist, violinist and banjo player of Chicago jazz .
Richard McPartland learned to play the violin from his father and, like his younger brother Jimmy McPartland, was a member of the Austin High School gang , the nucleus of white Chicago jazz. In the mid-1920s he went on tour with Red McKenzie's "Mound City Blowers" , in which he replaced Eddie Lang . The first recordings were made in 1927 with the original Wolverines ("Royal Garden Blues", Brunswick). In the end he recorded for cameo with the Irving Mills jazz band .
In the early 1930s, McPartland gave up the professional music career for health reasons (a heart attack) and worked as a taxi driver. He only played occasionally, so with his brother on recordings in 1936 and 1939 and most recently with his brother (and Baby Dodds , Jim Lanigan ) in 1955 . He also played with Jack Teagarden (1993) and with Bud Jacobson & His Hot Club Orchestra (1944/45). He did not record under his own name. In the field of jazz he was involved in ten recording sessions between 1927 and 1945.
Web links
- Richard McPartland at Discogs (English)
Notes and individual references
- ↑ With Jimmy McPartland (cnt), Mike Durso (trb), Maurice Bercov (cl, as), Dick Voynow (p, dir), Dick McPartland (git), Basil Dupree (kb) and Vic Moore (dr).
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed July 4, 2018)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McPartland, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McPartland, Richard George; McPartland, Dick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1957 |
| Place of death | Elmhurst , Illinois |