Freddie Jenkins (October 10, 1906 – 1978)
was an American
jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...
trumpeter.
Life and works
He was born in
New York City
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, United States.
Jenkins played in the
Jenkins Orphanage Band when young, and attended
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce University is a private historically black university in Wilberforce, Ohio. Affiliated with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME), it was the first college to be owned and operated by African Americans. It participates in t ...
.
Following this he played with
Edgar Hayes
Edgar Junius Hayes (May 23, 1902 – June 28, 1979) was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, Hayes attended Wilberforce University, where he graduated with a degree in music in the early 1920 ...
and
Horace Henderson (1924–1928),
before taking a position in
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
's Orchestra in 1928.
As a member, he soloed in the 1930 film, ''Check and Double Check'', during a performance of the song "Old Man Blues". He remained with the Ellington Orchestra until 1935, when lung problems forced him to quit.
He recovered and formed his own group in 1935, recording one session as a leader;
sidemen included
Ward Pinkett
William Ward Pinkett, Jr. (April 29, 1906 – March 15, 1937) was an American jazz trumpeter and scat vocalist during the Harlem Renaissance. A respected sideman recognized as a "hot" trumpet and with a versatile ear, he played and recorded with ...
,
Albert Nicholas
Albert Nicholas (May 27, 1900 – September 3, 1973) was an American jazz clarinet player.
Career
Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Late ...
and
Bernard Addison
Bernard Sylvester Addison (April 15, 1905 – December 18, 1990) was an American jazz guitarist.
Career
Addison was born in Annapolis, Maryland. At an early age, he learned mandolin and violin.
Career
After moving to Washington, D.C. in ...
. After this he played with
Luis Russell
Luis Russell (August 5, 1902 – December 11, 1963) was a pioneering Panamanian jazz pianist, orchestra leader, composer, and arranger.
Career
Luis Carl Russell was born on Careening Cay, near Bocas del Toro, Panama, in a family of African-Car ...
in 1936.
In 1937–38 he played with Ellington again,
and for a short time thereafter played with
Hayes Alvis
Hayes Alvis (May 1, 1907 – December 29, 1972) was an American jazz bassist and tuba player.
Career
Alvis began on drums but switched to tuba and bass after playing with Jelly Roll Morton in 1927–1928. He played tuba with Earl Hines from 19 ...
. After 1938, his lung ailment returned and he retired from performance.
In later years he worked in songwriting, disc jockeying, and in music press, and became a deputy sheriff in Fort Worth. Stanley Dance, writing about a concert played by Ellington and Sarah Vaughan, said
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Scott Yanow
Scott Yanow (born October 4, 1954) is an American jazz reviewer, historian, and author.Allmusic Biography/ref>
Biography
Yanow was born in New York City and grew up near Los Angeles.
Since 1974, he was a regular reviewer of many jazz styles an ...
,
Freddie Jenkinsat
AllMusic
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1906 births
1978 deaths
American jazz trumpeters
American male trumpeters
Duke Ellington Orchestra members
20th-century American musicians
American male jazz musicians
20th-century American male musicians