Rudy Traylor

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Rudolph "Rudy" A. Traylor (born August 28, 1918 in Providence , Rhode Island , † May 22, 1992 in Brooklyn , New York City ) was an American rhythm & blues and jazz musician , ( drums ), who worked in later worked as a music producer , unit manager and arranger .

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Traylor began his career as a professional musician in his hometown of Philadelphia, where he had the status of house musician in a nightclub as a teenager under the patronage of George Baquet . After moving to New York, he was from 1941 (as successor to Alvin Burroughs ) drummer in the Earl Hines Orchestra , with which in April 1941 recordings were made in New York ("Up Jumped the Devil"). After he was temporarily replaced by Chick Booth when he had to do his military service in World War II, he came back to Earl Hines in 1947 and was part of his quintet ("Sweet Honey Babe"). In June 1951 Traylor played several R&B numbers such as Slick-Chick for Victor Records under his own name ; his musicians included Rudy Powell (aka Musheed Karweem ), Fred Williams , Bill Doggett , Skeeter Best , Walter Page and Herbie Lovelle . In the following years he worked mainly on Broadway as a theater musician and as a session musician a. a. for the studio orchestras of Ray Brown and Sy Oliver ; he participated in record sessions by Ella Fitzgerald , Arthur Prysock and Jeri Southern . He also played with Lem Johnson , Buck Clayton and Noro Morales during this period .

From 1957 Traylor worked as a unit manager, arranger and producer at Roulette Records and was involved in the production of the recordings a. a. of the Count Basie Orchestra , by Art Blakey , Maynard Ferguson , Tyree Glenn , Johnny Hartman ( I Thought About You , 1958), Bud Powell ( Bud Plays Bird ) and Bill Russo . He also directed the studio orchestra in pop productions for the label u. a. for The Teenagers ("My Broken Heart", 1958), the Cleftones ("Mish Mash Baby", 1959) and Frankie Lymon ("Little Bitty Pretty One", 1960). Tom Lord lists Traylor's involvement in 17 recording sessions between 1941 and 1959. In 1965 he was still responsible for the film music (as music editor ) for The Love Statue (directed by David E. Durston ). He was buried in Calverton National Cemetery .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues: A Regional Experience . 2013. p. 263
  2. ↑ Jet March 17, 1966, p. 64
  3. ^ Stanley Dance , Earl Hines: The World of Earl Hines , Da Capo Press, 1983, p. 299
  4. ^ Single release I'm Luck I Have You Green Light (Victor 20-4253); see. Billboard Sept. 1, 1951 and Slick-Chick , cf. Billboard June 23, 1951
  5. ^ Buck Clayton's Jazz World . 1995, p. 223
  6. ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 16, 2016)
  7. ^ Billboard, February 3, 1958, Billboard Aug. 21, 1961
  8. ↑ Rudy Traylor in the Internet Movie Database (English)Template: IMDb / Maintenance / "imported from" is missing
  9. ↑ US Department of Veterans Affairs  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / grave-records.mooseroots.com  
personal data
SURNAME Traylor, Rudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Traylor, Rudolph A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American R&B and jazz musician and record producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Providence
DATE OF DEATH May 22, 1992
Place of death Brooklyn , New York City