Slim Lamar

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Slim Lamar was an American jazz and entertainment musician ( clarinet , tenor saxophone ) and band leader .

Live and act

Slim Lamar led a Territory Band from the late 1920s , which was active in the Tennessee area and in the u. a. Musicians like Tony Almerico , Sonny Clapp , Spud Murphy and Irwin Kunz were also active. Between 1928 and 1932 played Slim Lamar and His Southerners in Memphis (Tennessee) and Camden (New Jersey) about twenty titles for Victor Records one, including "Goofus", "Memphis Kick Up," "Mississippi Stomp" and "Oriental Illusions". Lamar also recorded with Mart Britt and singer Irene Beasley during this time .

Discography

  • Victrola Favorites: Artifacts From Bygone Days (Dust-to-Digital, ed. 2007)
  • Jazz The World Forgot Volume 2 (Yazoo, ed. 2002)
  • Texas & Tennessee Territory Bands (Retrieval), with Blue Steele , Slim Lamar, Mart Britt, Sunny Clapp and Phil Baxter

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Discography at Red Hot Jazz
  2. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 19, 2014)
personal data
SURNAME Lamar, Slim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and entertainment musician (clarinet, tenor saxophone) and band leader
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
DATE OF DEATH 20th century