Roy Bargy

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Roy Bargy (born July 31, 1894 in Newaygo , Michigan , † January 16, 1974 in Vista , California ) was an American ragtime and jazz pianist , composer and band leader .

Live and act

Bargy grew up in Toledo, Ohio , where he took lessons from Johnny Walters and Luckey Roberts . In 1919 he worked for Charley Straight in the Imperial Piano Roll Company in Chicago as a musician, arranger and composer. From 1920 to 1922 he directed the Benson Orchestra of Chicago ("My Sunny Tennessee", recordings for Victor ); from 1922 he recorded piano solos for Victor. He also composed a number of ragtime numbers and novelty songs like "Knice & Knifty" or "Sunshine Capers".

In the mid-1920s he played in New York with Isham Jones , from 1928 with Paul Whiteman . During this time he also recorded with Bix Beiderbecke and Frankie Trumbauer , as well as with Red Nichols , Mildred Bailey (1931), Ramona Davies (1933), Adrian Rollini (1934) and with Charlie and Jack Teagarden ( The Three T's , 1936). In the post-war years he worked as an orchestra conductor, a. a. with Peggy Lee . In the field of jazz he was involved in 172 recording sessions between 1920 and 1948. From 1943 he worked as musical director for Jimmy Durante .

Discographic notes

  • Piano syncopations
  • Volume 1: 1920-1921

Web links

Commons : Roy Bargy  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 28, 2015)
  2. ↑ David A. Jasen, Trebor Jay Tichenor: Rags and Ragtime . Dover Publications, 1978, pp. 222-226.
personal data
SURNAME Bargy, Roy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ragtime and jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Newaygo , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1974
Place of death Vista (California)