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In 1939, when band leader Tommy Dorsey decided he wanted a swing band, his first step was to hire Oliver as an arranger away from Lunceford for $5,000 more a year. [1] Oliver then became one of the first African Americans with a prominent role in a white band when he joined Tommy Dorsey.
Oliver left home at 17 to play with Zack Whyte and his Chocolate Beau Brummels and later with Alphonse Trent. He sang and played trumpet with these bands, becoming known for his "growling" horn playing.
17. Dez. 2023 · Sy Oliver’s journey through the swing era represents a vibrant chapter in the history of jazz and big band music. His ability to infuse swing with sophistication, his memorable arrangements, and his charismatic performances as a trumpeter and vocalist have etched his name among the greats.
31. Aug. 2023 · Sy Oliver was one of the most important arrangers of the swing era. A trumpeter, singer and arranger in Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra in the 1930s, Oliver was hired by Tommy Dorsey in 1939 to give the band a more authentic Savoy Ballroom sound. Oliver's good fortune came the following January when Frank Sinatra joined Dorsey and ...
In the second part of Les Tomkins’ interview with him, Sy Oliver talks about his own band, about an ambition to study beyond music which took him to the New School in New York, about working with his singer wife Lilian, and about the craft of orchestration and arrangement.
Melvin James "Sy" Oliver (December 17, 1910 in Battle Creek, Michigan – May 28, 1988 in New York City) was a jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and bandleader. Sy Oliver was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. His mother was a piano teacher and his father was a multi-instrumentalist who made...
This distinctive "Lunceford style" was largely the result of the imaginative arrangements by trumpeter Sy Oliver, which set high standards for dance-band arrangers of the time. Though not well known as a musician, Lunceford knew how to play several instruments and was even featured on flute in "Liza".
