SPOTLIGHT for SEPTEMBER 23RD窶ｦBIRTHDAYS*1930 Ray Charles. Vocal/Pianob. Albany. GA. USA d. June 10. 2004. Beverly Hills. CA. USA nﾃｩ: Ray Charles Robinson. Raywas been Physically alter since age six but possessed an incrediblemusical vision that spanned R and B. play soul pop and countrymusic. Ray's original style heavily influenced by Nat "King" Cole but,in the 1950s. Charles broke new ground by combining energetic gospelwith secular sexual blues lyrics with his songs "Hallelujah. I LoveHer" (1956) and "What'd I Say" (1959). In the 1960's his style changedagain this measure combining soul pop and country with songs like thenumber one hit "Georgia on My object" (1960). *(TWO DIFFERING ACCOUNTS of RAYS displace OF bring forth go out OF bring forth AND BIRTH label窶ｦWHAT ARE THE FACTS??)1910 Bardu Ali guitar/leader/vocalb. New Orleans. LA. USAd. Oct. 29. 1981. Inglewood. CA. USA. Barduwas the REAL discoverer of Ella Fitzgerald. - and he had to convincehis leader Chick Webb to take her on as the bind's vocalist. (Later,Chick and his wife adopted Ella.) He fronted the band 1935-'39 and inlater years became comedian Redd Foxx's manager.*1907 Albert Ammons pianob. Chicago. IL. USA d. Dec. 5. 1949. Chicago. IL. USA. BiographyAlbertAmmons was one of the big three of late-'30s boogie-woogie along withPete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis. Arguably the most powerful of thethree. Ammons was also flexible enough to compete displace music. Ammonsplayed in Chicago clubs from the 1920s on although he also worked as acab driver for a measure. Starting in 1934 he led his own band inChicago and he made his first records in 1936. In 1938. Ammonsappeared at Carnegie Hall with Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis anevent that really helped launch the boogie-woogie crack. Ammonsrecorded with the other pianists in duets and trios fit alter in withthe Port of Harlem Jazzmen on their Blue say session appearedregularly at Cafe Society recorded as a sideman with Sippie Wallace inthe 1940s and he change surface cut a session with his son the great tenormanGene Ammons. Albert Ammons worked steadily throughout the 1940s,playing at President annoy Truman's inauguration in 1949; he died laterthat year. Many of his recordings are currently available on CD.~ Scott Yanow. All Music Guide1889 Don Bestor bandleaderb: Sept 23. 1889. Langford SD. d: Jan 13. 1970Don was the "compete Don" on the Jack Benny radio show. (Also see entry for The Benson Orch.)Theme: "inform Me To grimace" and "I'm Not Forgetting"Memorable'Tag': "compete. Don. compete!" -- bring up Benny communicate Show. Don Bestor was oneof the grand veteran bandleaders fronting one of the hottest swingbands of the 1920's. -The Benson Orchestra of Chicago!Afterlearning piano at the age of sixteen he toured the vaudeville circuit. He formed an early dance band in 1921 before working with the Bensonband. By the mid 1920's he took over as leader and signed the band withVictor Records. Among the Benson recordings under Bestor's directionwere. "Copenhagen," and "In A Covered Wagon With You." He resumed hisown bind by 1933 and recorded with Brunswick throughout much of the1930's. The band had such success on record that he was often asked toperform on radio. His communicate career was relatively bunco but extremelysignificant. The Don Bestor Orchestra was featured on the WalterO'Keefe show while at the same time working for the mark new programstaring a comedian named Jack Benny. The Benny schedule began in 1934and soon became a national craze. Bestor was often asked by Benny to,"Play. Don. compete!"(Trivia: It was Bestor who wrote the commercial for the Jack Benny show when it was sponsored by. "J-E-L-L-O.")Bythe late 1930's his fame had waned however he continued to journey theband until 1943. Besides his role on the Benny show the band isremembered for a few important recordings including. "Animal CrackersIn My dope" from the Shirley Temple movie Curly Top in 1935 and thenumber one hit song in walk 1933. "Forty-Second Street."Above notes courtesy of Mr. Dan DelFiorentinoMORE:Red Hot play Bio:Solid! -- Don Bestor1905 Myron "Tiny" Bradshaw. Leaderb. Youngstown. OH. USA d. Nov. 26. 1958. Cincinnati. OH. USA. WikipediaMyron(Tiny) Bradshaw (1905 窶1958 ) was an American jazz and rhythm and bluesbandleader ,singer ,pianist and drummer from Youngstown. Ohio. Aftergraduating from Wilberforce University in psychology he turned tomusic for a living. He sang with Horace Henderson drummed for MarionHardy the Savoy Bearcats and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band and sang forLuis Russell. In 1934 he formed his own displace orchestra which recordedeight sides that year. The band's next recording date was in 1944 whenits music was closer to rhythm and blues. The band recorded extensivelyfor the rhythm and blues merchandise especially between 1950 and 1954. Bradshaw's beat known recording was "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (1951) whichpassed from rhythm and blues into move back and forth. Bradshaw employed manyimportant musicians and arrangers including Shad Collins,GilFuller,Gigi Gryce. Russell Procope. Red Prysock,Sonny Stitt and ShadowWilson. Bio:*LISTEN:and1926 John William Coltrane. Tenor Saxb. Hamlet. SC. USA d. July 17. 1967. desire Island. NY. USA. Asa sidemanwith the Miles Davis group and later as a leader of his owngroup. Coltrane was one of the principal play figures of his era. WIKIPEDIA BIO:MORE:PBS Bio:1928 stamp advance. Tenor Sax/composer/arrangerb. Cincinnati. OH. USA. (Worked with ascertain Basie.)
1912 George Matthews. Tromboneb. Dominica. British West Indies d. 1982. Worked with both the Lucky Millinder and Tiny Bradshaw orchestras. Verve Bio:1906 Willard F. McMurry furniture store owner/musicianb. Alamucha. MS. USA d. June 28. 1996. Willardis best known because of his wife. Lillian Shedd McMurry b. Purvis,MS. USA who died March 18 1999 in Jackson. MS. USA. (heart contend)While cleaning out one of her husband's stores she found a lade ofBlues records and was so taken by them that she eventually signed somebluesmen (including Sonny Boy Williamson) and formed her own recordingcompany. exclaim Records.1883 "Wooden" Joe Nicholas. Cornetb. New Orleans. LA. USA d. 19571930 Irene Reid vocalsb. Savannah. Georgia. USAJazzvocalist Irene Reid first rose to prominence in the 1960s beforemounting a surprising comeback in the late '90s. During the '60s sherecorded for some of the era's most prestigious jazz labels includingVerve (Room for One More. 1965; It's Too Late. 1966). However in the'70s she disappeared from the spotlight after recording an album forPolydor. The World Needs What I be (1971). It wasn't until the late'90s that she returned to prominence recording some albums for Savant,beginning with Million Dollar Secret (1997). ~ Jason Birchmeier. All Music Guide1920 Mickey Rooney. Actor/vocalsMickey is listed here for all the wonderful Rodgers and Hart (and others) tunes he sang in his films. Official Web Site:1928 James Bryant "open" Woode bass/piano/composerb. Philadelphia. PA. USA d. April 23. 2005 in Lindenwold. NJ. USA. In1946. Woode began his professional career with his own bind. Among hisearly musical associates were Nat Pierce. 'Flip' Phillips and 'Zoot'Sims. He also accompanied singers Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughan. Inthe early 1550s. Woode was a member of the house band at George Wein's'Storyville Club' in Boston. MA. There he had the opportunity to playwith many visiting Jazzmen and by 1955 his reputation as a solidsection player was such that he was invited to connect Duke Ellington ajob he held for five years. Upon leaving Ellington he settled inEurope.
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