Stump Evans
Paul Anderson "Stump" Evans (* 18th October 1904 in Lawrence , Kansas ; † 29. August 1928 in Douglas , Kansas) was an American saxophonist of the Chicago Jazz .
Life
Evans initially received lessons on the alto horn from his father, the horn player Clarence Evans. He switched to the trombone, played in the Lawrence high school band, and then went to Chicago as a saxophonist . After Digby Fairweather he was considered a brilliant soloist who could also play from sight. He first worked in Erskine Tate's Vendome Orchestra alongside Louis Armstrong and Ruben Reeves , the original Creole Orchestra of King Oliver , when Jimmy Wade and entered Carroll Dickerson's orchestra in the Sunset Cafe on there again with Armstrong and with Earl Hines . He said: "Stumpy Evans played a nice tenor; everyone wanted to reach him". Evans was involved in the recordings of Oliver, Dickerson, Jelly Roll Morton , Lil Hardin Armstrong and Jimmy Blythe ; for some time he was musical director at the Moulin Rouge Club . However, he contracted tuberculosis , went back to Kansas, and died there when he was only 24. Coleman Hawkins later referred to him as one of his role models.
literature
- Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Rough Guide Jazz. The ultimate guide to jazz. 1800 bands and artists from the beginning until today. 2nd, expanded and updated edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-476-01892-X .
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide of Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
Web links
- Biography (English)
Remarks
- ↑ cit. after Fairweather, p. 202.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Evans, stump |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Evans, Paul Anderson |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American saxophonist of Chicago jazz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 18, 1904 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lawrence , Kansas , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1928 |
| Place of death | Douglas , Kansas , United States |