Mezz Mezzrow
- 风格
- #摇摆乐 #迪克西兰爵士 #新奥尔良爵士 #主流爵士
- 地区
- United States of America 美国
艺人介绍
Mezz Mezzrow occupies an odd and unique place in jazz history. Although an enthusiastic clarinetist, he was never much of a player, sounding best on the blues. A passionate propagandist for Chicago and New Orleans jazz and the rights of blacks (he meant well, but tended to overstate his case), Mezzrow was actually most significant for writing his colorful and somewhat fanciful memoirs, Really the Blues, and for being a reliable supplier of marijuana in the 1930s and 40s. In the 1920s, he was part of the Chicago jazz scene, at first helping the young white players and then annoying them with his inflexible musical opinions. Mezzrow recorded with the Jungle Kings, the Chicago Rhythm Kings, and Eddie Condon during 1927-1928, often on tenor. In the 1930s, he led a few swing-oriented dates that featured all-star integrated bands in 1933-1934 and 1936-1937. The French critic Hugues Panassie was always a big supporter of Mezzrows playing and Mezz was well-featured on sessions in 1938 with Tommy Ladnier and Sidney Bechet; Really the Blues is a near-classic. Mezzrow had his own King Jazz label during 1945-1947, mostly ing ensemble-oriented blues jams with Bechet and occasionally Hot Lips Page. After appearing at the 1948 Nice Jazz Festival, Mezzrow eventually moved to France, where he recorded fairly regularly during 1951-1955 (including with Lee Collins and Buck Clayton), along with a final album in 1959.by Scott Yanow
最新简评（共2条）
- @wordice(jazz fun)：书上看到这位白皮黑心的爵士乐单簧管手，期待有人发布资源
- @小飞侠(滚吧，生活！)：这么传奇的人，怎么一首歌都没有呀～