Al Casey (jazz guitarist)
Albert Aloysius Casey, called Al Casey, ( born September 15, 1915 in Louisville, Kentucky; † 11 September 2005) was an American jazz guitarist.
Work
Casey received first lessons on the violin and played ukulele before he his real instrument - the guitar - discovered and learned. He played from 1934 to 1943 with Fats Waller in the band, and he is the only guitarist with the " Fats" made recordings. In addition, he still made music with Teddy Wilson, Mezz Mezzrow, Lionel Hampton, Coleman Hawkins, Earl Hines, Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday ( until 1944 ), Louis Armstrong and Benny Carter ( 1946). Was he still be heard exclusively on the acoustic guitar on the records by Fats Waller, so he used from the 1940s almost exclusively the electrically amplified variant of this instrument.
Since 1981, Casey was a member of the Harlem Blues & Jazz Band, particularly in Europe had success and often toured there. Over the years this band varied in the cast, but Casey remained as a 80- year-old permanent member of this combo, which in the late 1990s and the rhythm-and - blues tenor saxophonist Bubba Brooks belonged among others. This band consisted of longtime " veteran " of the swing music or jazzy rhythm and blues and was therefore highly regarded by fans of this genre.
In 2005, Al Casey died of a cancer suffering.
Guitar style
Casey had the swing and the swinging blues prescribed. He was a Plektrumspieler, the full- on guitars and - semi-acoustic guitars played by the company Gibson - from the late 1980s. How many guitarists of his generation, he was influenced by Charlie Christian. As a busy studio musician, he played not just Swing, but as a member of the King Curtis band, where he remained from 1957 to 1961, and rhythm and blues. When he turned to the soul, he could even be this style meet.
Others
Albert Aloysius Casey is not the same as about 20 years younger than white, American guitarist Al Casey, who was active in the studio musician scene of rock ' n ' roll of the 1950s and early 1960s and was often used by producer Lee Hazlewood, and with the musician Sanford Clark is associated.