Tiny Parham
Hartzell Strathdene "Tiny" Parham (born February 25, 1900 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , † April 4, 1943 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin ) was an American jazz pianist , arranger and band leader in the transition from New Orleans jazz to swing . There are several jazz-historically important recordings by Parham, who was an important arranger at the time, from the late 1920s. According to Wolf Kampmann , his sound and arrangements are reminiscent of Duke Ellington .
Live and act
Parham grew up in Kansas City . At the beginning of his career he toured with vaudeville shows and territory bands in the American Southwest, then moved to Chicago in 1925 . There he had engagements at the Dreamland Café and the Apollo Theater and recorded records with Johnny Dodds , which were made between 1927 and 1930 ( Loveless Love , Nineteenth Street Blues ). Parham also accompanied various blues singers and had his own formation with the clarinetist Omer Simeon , the cornetist "Kid" Punch Miller and the bassist Milt Hinton . When shooting with Parham's Forty Five is Kid Ory as soloist ( A Little Bit Closer ).
After 1930 Parham worked in theaters and night clubs as a pianist and organist; his last recordings were made in 1940.
literature
- Rex Harris & Brian Rust: Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide . London, Penguin Books, 1958.
- John Jörgensen & Erik Wiedemann : Jazz Lexicon . Munich, mosaic, 1967
- Wolf Kampmann (Ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
Web links
- Biography of Scott Yanow in All Music Guide
- Biography at redhotjazz.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parham, Tiny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parham, Hartzell Strathdene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz pianist and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4, 1943 |
| Place of death | Milwaukee , Wisconsin |