Frankie Jaxon

Frankie " Half Pint " Jaxon ( born February 3, 1895 in Montgomery, Alabama, † 1944 in Los Angeles ) was an American jazz singer of the New Orleans Jazz and comedian.

Half Pint Jaxon was a vaudeville singer and comedian; He began his career in show business in 1910 as a singer in cafes, cinemas and bars in Kansas City. He toured regularly 1916-1921 by the United States and came in the early 1920s with King Oliver and Freddie Keppard up in Chicago at the Sunset Cafe and at the Plantation Café. In the late 1920s, made ​​recordings with Tampa Red and Thomas A. Dorsey under the title Black Hillbillies. In the 1930s he appeared in Chicago with his band under the name Frankie " Half Pint " Jaxon & His Quarts of Joy; had their music strongly humorous trains ("Operation Blues "). In 1941, Jaxon retired from show business and worked in the Ministry of Defense of the United States.