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Seine Auftritte führten ihn bis Chicago, wo ihn Budd Johnson 1939 an Earl Hines empfahl; dieser stellte ihn in seinem Grand Terrace Orchestra als Sänger und Trompeter ein. Er komponierte den Bluesklassiker Jelly, Jelly und gemeinsam mit Earl Hines den Stormy Monday Blues (1942).
1940: Earl Hines – Billy Eckstine [Record 1: Stormy Monday Blues // Water Boy; Record 2: I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) // Somehow; Record 3: Jelly, Jelly // Skylark] (RCA Victor) 3x78rpm album set; 1949: Billy Eckstine Sings – recorded 1945–1947; 1950: Songs By Billy Eckstine ; 1951: Billy Eckstine Favorites (MGM)
Eckstine left Howard University after winning an amateur contest in 1933 and began singing in nightclubs and with dance bands. From 1939 to 1943 he sang with Earl Hines’s band, and at his urging Hines hired such newcomers as Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
11. Juni 2018 · Began performing as a singer after winning talent contest, 1934; featured vocalist, Earl Hines Orchestra, 1939-43; first substantial hit, “ Jelly, Jelly ” 1940; founder and leader, Billy Eckstine Band, 1944-46; solo vocalist, 1946-93; top-selling performer in MGM company catalog, 1950; recorded jazz-oriented material for Mercury ...
8. März 2018 · Der Jazzsänger und Bandleader Billy Eckstine gestorben. Als einer der ersten Orchester-Musiker übertrug Billy Eckstine den revolutionären Bebop-Stil aufs Bigband-Format. Mit seiner...
26. Nov. 2020 · In the years between 1939 and 1945, three different but somewhat related styles of music grew out of swing: rhythm and blues, spearheaded by Louis Jordan, the early-1940s Lionel Hampton band with Illinois Jacquet on tenor sax, and gospel-blues shouter Sister Rosetta Tharpe; progressive swing, harmonically and rhythmically more advanced, which ca...
Billy Eckstine (1914–93) Born William Clarence Eckstein in Pittsburgh, Billy Eckstine began his career as a singer in Buffalo in 1934, worked his way to Chicago and became the principal vocalist in pianist Earl Hines’ orchestra there in 1939, remaining with the band until 1943.
