Walter Yoder
Walter "Walt" E. Yoder (born April 21, 1914 in Hutchinson (Kansas) , † December 2 or 3, 1978 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz musician ( double bass ) of the swing era, who was mainly through his connection with Woody Herman became known.
Live and act
Yoder first learned piano from the age of ten before switching to bass. At the beginning of his career he played with Joe Haymes , Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey , from 1934 with Isham Jones in New York. When Woody Herman founded his own formation in 1936, Yoder became the bassist in his orchestra , to which he belonged until 1942. In 1947/48 he worked again in Herman's band, in which he also acted as road manager. In the following years he worked in Los Angeles with Ben Pollack (1949) and Johnny Mercer ; In 1950, he was playing bass in the crime drama The Secret Fury of Mel Ferrer to see. In the early 1960s he was in the studio with Beverly Jenkins and Red Nichols ( Blues & Old Time Rags , 1963). In the field of jazz he was involved in 124 recording sessions between 1931 and 1963. a. also with Dick Robertson, as well as in the Herman-Band with Connie Boswell and Bing Crosby .
Web links
- Walter Yoder at Allmusic (English)
- Walter Yoder at Discogs (English)
- Walter Yoder in the DAHR database . Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- Walter Yoder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Billboard May 8, 1948, p. 44
- ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 3, 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Yoder, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Yoder, Walter E .; Yoder, Walt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician (double bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hutchinson (Kansas) |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 2, 1978 or December 3, 1978 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |