Sid Weiss
Sidney "Sid" White (* thirtieth April 1914 in Schenectady , New York ; † thirtieth March 1994 ) was an American jazz - bassist .
Weiss first learned the clarinet, violin and tuba; as a teenager he switched to the double bass. He moved to New York City around 1931 and worked with Louis Prima , Bunny Berigan , Wingy Manone , Miff Mole , Artie Shaw , Jess Stacy , Tommy Dorsey , Charlie Barnet, and Adrian Rollini for the next decade . From 1941 to 1945 he was a member of the Benny Goodman Orchestra and also worked in this capacity in the 1944 musical film Sweet and Low-Down .
In the second half of the 1940s and 1950s he worked with Joe Bushkin , Buck Clayton , Muggsy Spanier , Pee Wee Russell , Cozy Cole , Bud Freeman , Duke Ellington Orchestra ( "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart" , 1945), Joe Marsala , Sandy Williams and Eddie Condon . In the mid-1950s, he ended his activities as a full-time musician.
Sid Weiss is the younger brother of the drummer Sam Weiss .
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| SURNAME | Weiss, Sid |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weiss, Sidney (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schenectady , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1994 |