Bingie Madison

Bingie S. Madison (* 1902 in Des Moines, † July 1978 in New York City ) was an American jazz musician (piano, clarinet, baritone and tenor saxophone).

Life and work

Bingie Madison began his musical career as a pianist ( among others in silent films ) in Des Moines, Iowa, and then toured in 1921 by Canada and California. From 1922 to 1925, he played as a pianist in a quartet of alto saxophonist Bobby Brown and Bernie Davis, then he moved to the woodwinds. His first band he led in 1926, played briefly in the band by Cliff Jackson and then in the trombonist Lew Henry, whose band he took over in the late 1920s. 1930, dissolved the band, he played briefly with Elmer Snowden, and then in 1930 to lead his own big band in New York with headquarters at Broadway Dance Country. He was also the first head of the Mills Blue Rhythm Band. After that, he was short with Sam Wooding, Lucky Millinder and Billy Fowler. In 1931, he collaborated on recordings by Clarence Williams and 1932 he was a member of Luis Russell's orchestra, where he stayed until 1940 and for which he also arranged. During this time, Russell he also accompanied Louis Armstrong when shooting. The Luis Russell Big Band was in 1935 practically the backup tape of Armstrong. In the 1940s he worked with Edgar Hayes, Ovie Alston, Alberto Socarras ( 1943 to 1947 ) and Hank Duncan. Until the 1960s, Madison also launched its own formations; but he had no opportunity to recordings under his own name.