Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen
Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen
Genres: jazz
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About Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen
Edmond Hall (May 15, 1901 - February 11, 1967) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Over his long career Hall worked extensively with many top performers as both a sideman and bandleader, and is perhaps best known for the 1941 chamber jazz song "Profoundly Blue" which is regarded as a classic of pre-WWII jazz. Many records under his name as band leader appeared during the 1940's as Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen, Edmond Hall Sextet, The Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet, Edmond Hall's Star Quintet, Ed Hall and the Big City Jazzmen and Edmond Hall's Swingtet. The recording sessions always took place in between the work hours of the Café Society, including many of the musicians who performed there as well. Barney Josephson, the owner of Cafe Society Downtown and Cafe Society Uptown was very fond of Hall's playing and after Sullivan left to play solo piano at "Nick's", Hall became the "house clarinetist". Any band that would come in to play, had to get rid of their clarinetist, and take Hall or they would not get the job according to Barney Josephson the owner. In 1940 Henry "Red" Allen came to play at the Cafe Society. Hall became the band's clarinetist. Hall spent 9 years at the Cafe Society, playing and recording in between jobs with many of his contemporaries like Bud Freeman, Teddy Wilson, Charlie Christian, Henry "Red" Allen, J.C. Higginbotham, Art Tatum, Big Joe Turner, Hot Lips Page, Zutty Singleton, Meade Lux Lewis, Big Sid Catlett, Josh White, Ida Cox, Coleman Hawkins, Helen Ward, Vic Dickenson, Sidney de Paris, Wild Bill Davison, Eddie Heywood, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden. Wednesday, February 5, 1941 was a special day in Hall's career, for the first time he was the nominal leader of a recording session.
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