Shelton Hemphill
Photograph by William P. Gottlieb .
Shelton "Scad" Hemphill (born March 16, 1906 in Birmingham (Alabama) , † December 1959 in New York City ) was an American jazz trumpeter .
Live and act
Hemphill studied at Wilberforce College and began his career from 1924 to 1928 as a member of Horace Henderson's Collegians . He also played in Fred Longshaw's band, which Bessie Smith accompanied in 1924/25. In the following years he worked with Benny Carter (1928/29), then as a movement trumpeter, partly also as first trumpeter with Chick Webb (1930/31), in the Mills Blue Rhythm Band (1931-37), with Louis Armstrong (1937 –44) and in the Duke Ellington Orchestra (1944–49). He then worked for a few years in New York City as a freelance musician until he ended his career for health reasons. He participated in 263 recording sessions from 1925 to 1949.
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 .
Web links
- Shelton Hemphill at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hemphill, Shelton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hemphill, Scad (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz trumpeter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Birmingham, Alabama |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 1959 |
| Place of death | New York City |