Bud Scott

Budd Arthur " Bud " Scott ( born January 11, 1890 in New Orleans, † July 2, 1949 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz musician (guitar, banjo, vocals) of the Traditional Jazz.

Scott learned as a child playing guitar and violin and was an early professional manner, according to own data even with the legendary Buddy Bolden. He played in any case in 1904 with John Robichaux and with the Olympic Orchestra of Freddie Keppard. In 1913, he played the violin in the "Billy King Traveling Show," with which he toured in Mobile and Washington. In 1915 he moved to New York, where he played in theater orchestras and also sang on the side. In 1917, he played banjo with Bob Young in Baltimore. In 1921 he was in the orchestra by Will Marion Cook. He moved in 1921 to Chicago, where he played in 1923 for three months at King Oliver and Kid Ory in California. Even after that he played several times with Oliver (eg 1926) and Ory. Mid-1920s, he was briefly in Los Angeles with Curtis Mosby 's Blue Blowers. In 1927 he worked with Erskine Tate, also with Dave Peyton, Jimmie Noone (1928 Apex Club ), Johnny Dodds, Jelly Roll Morton ( with whom he recorded ) and Fess Williams. September 1929 he moved to Los Angeles, where he played with Leon Herriford, Mutt Carey and his Jeffersonians and with his own trio. 1944 to 1948 he was in the band of Kid Ory, with whom he also in the Louis Armstrong movie "New Orleans" in 1946 occurred. He also took up with Louis Armstrong. In 1948, he became ill and died the following year.

Lexical entry

  • Carlo Bohländer et al Reclams Jazz Guide 1989
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