Dewey Jackson
Dewey Jackson ( born June 21, 1900 in St. Louis, † January 1, 1994 ) was an American trumpeter, cornetist and bandleader of the New Orleans Jazz and Swing.
Dewey Jackson began his career as a professional musician at an early stage with the Odd Fellows Boys ' Band (1912 ), Tommy Evans ( 1916-17 ) and George Reynolds Keystone band. He also played with Charlie Creath on steamboats, after he led his own ensemble, the Golden Melody band, from 1920 to 1923 until the early 1940s, he continued his appearances on the river boats, such as the SS Capitol, with his own bands continued. ; worked also works as a sideman for Charlie Creath and Fate Marable. In 1926 he played for four months with Andrew Preer at the Cotton Club in New York City; In the same year he took with his Peacock Orchestra of St. Louis the " Capitol Blues " on.
Jackson had in the 1940s but just few performances in the clubs of St. Louis; in the 1950s he returned to the music scene and played with Singleton Palmer and Don Ewell and in the 1960s Dixieland. Players were Pops Foster, Willie Humphrey, Don Stovall and Clark Terry. As a leader, he took only four pages on disk in 1926. 1952 yet arisen live recordings with Don Ewell.
Despite his few recordings Dewey Jackson's Peacock Orchestra is one of the leading representatives of early jazz in St. Louis, which popularized the new form of music from its origin from the United States.