Rollo Laylan

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Rollo "Preacher" Laylan (born January 4, 1907 in Genoa (Wisconsin) , † August 28, 1996 in Miami ) was an American jazz musician ( drums , also vocals ).

Life

Laylan, who had a shortened arm due to poliomyelitis in his childhood, played a pianist early in his career with Gert Laylan's Syncopators , his mother 's band. He also worked on river steamers, in Wisconsin in the early 1930s with Floyd O'Brien and Tut Soper . The first recordings were made in 1938 for Brunswick when he played with Sid Phillips in New York ; then he worked for Bunny Berigan . In the same year he published a book on the drum method by Gene Krupa . From 1938 he was a member of Paul Whiteman's orchestra for three years , then that of Emery Deutsch.

From the mid-1940s he played with Joe Marsala 's All Stars, Eddie Condon and Ray McKinley . From 1951 he played with his band in Miami Dixieland jazz ; In 1955 he recorded popular jazz standards such as Maple Leaf Rag , Black and Blue , Sweet Georgia Brown , Birth of the Blues , On the Sunny Side of the Street and The Darktown Strutters' Ball for MGM Records under his own name ( Preacher Rollo and The Five Saints ) on; Tony Parenti , Tommy Justice and Marie Marcus also played in his band, which existed until 1965 . In the field of jazz he was involved in 44 recording sessions between 1938 and 1955. In 1966 he performed with Don Ewell in Chicago. He then worked in a RadioShack store . Most recently he lived in Miami.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b US Social Data . Different death date at Allmusic: August 27, 1996
  2. ^ Bob Rusch Cadence Magazine, Volume 22, Issues 7-12, 1996
  3. ↑ Tut Soper's Memories of Chicago in conversation with Bert Whyatt in IAJRC Journal
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 2, 2016)
  5. ↑ Don Rayno Paul Whiteman: Pioneer in American Music, 1930-1967 2012, p 479
personal data
SURNAME Laylan, Rollo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laylan, Preacher (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums, also vocals)
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Genoa, Wisconsin
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1996
Place of death Miami