Tiny winters
Tiny Winters (actually Frederick Gittens , born January 24, 1909 in London ; † February 7, 1996 there ) was a British jazz musician ( double bass , vocals ) and band leader .
Winters belonged to the band The Rhythm Maniacs in 1932 , in which u. a. Nat Gonella , Lew Stone and Al Bowlly played and made the first recordings. In the following years he worked as bassist with Roy Fox , Lew Stone (as a band vocalist in I Ain't Got Nobody ), Nat Gonella, Edgar Jackson , Bert Ambrose , Eddie Carroll , Joe Daniels , George Chisholm , and with Coleman Hawkins on his Stay in London 1934. In April 1936 he played for Decca Records under his own name the vocal numbers "How Many Tomes?" And "Frankie and Johnny"; in his band, Tiny Winters and His Bogey Seven played Tommy McQuater (tp), Andy McDevitt (cl), Don Barrigo (ts), Ernest Ritte (bar), Monia Liter (p), Archie Slavin (git) and Ronnie Gubertini ( dr).
After 1941 no further recordings were made in which Winters had participated; from 1948 to 1955 he appeared regularly in London's Hatchett's Club . In the following years he worked as a session musician and in theater orchestras. It wasn't until the mid-1980s that he played with Hebe and The Mayfair Merrymakers and appeared on a Nat Gonella tribute album ( With Nat in Mind (A Celebration of Nat Gonella) ) by Digby Fairweathers New Georgians . In the field of jazz he was involved in 143 recording sessions between 1932 and 1986. In 1989, Winters took part in Benny Waters' last recording session in Europe.
Web links
- Tiny winter at Allmusic (English)
- Tiny winter at Discogs (English)
- Obituary in the Independent
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winters, Tiny |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gittens, Frederick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 1996 |
| Place of death | London |