Jimmy Shirley

Jimmy Shirley ( born May 31, 1913 in Union (South Carolina ) and James Arthur Shirley, † December 3, 1989 in New York City ) was an American jazz guitarist. He is considered one of the pioneers of the electrically amplified guitar in jazz.

Life and work

Shirley grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, where he had guitar lessons from his father. He began his career in Cincinnati at J. Frank Terry and Hal Draper ( 1934-36 ), 1935-36 he had his own formation before he went to New York in 1937. Shirley became a member of the trio of Clarence Profit ( 1937-41 ), which also recordings were (already he previously took in 1940 with George Guesnon on ). Then he accompanied Ella Fitzgerald (1942 /43) and played irregularly with Herman Chittison ( 1944-54 ). During this time he worked with his own bands and with Phil Moore. 1945 was a first for Blue Note record ( Jimmy 's Blues ).

In the late 1940s he turned his attention increasingly to rhythm and blues and went with Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Rushing, Screamin Jay Hawkins and Little Willie John to the studio. He also accompanied singers like Rose Murphy and Barbara Lea.

Shirley worked throughout his career to recordings by Artie Shaw ( 1941), Edmond Hall and Coleman Hawkins ( 1943), James P. Johnson, Sidney De Paris and Art Hodes (1944 ), Herman Chittison (1944 /45), Leonard Feather ( 1945), Earl Bostic, Pete Brown, Sid Catlett, John Hardee, Billie Holiday, Pete Johnson, Billy Kyle, Ram Ramirez (1946 ) and later by Johnny Guarnieri (1975 ) Stephane Grappelli and (1978 ) with.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • China Boy ( Black & Blue 1975)

Lexical entries

  • Bielefeld catalog 1988
  • Richard Cook, Brian Morton: The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 6th edition. ISBN 0-14-051521-6
  • John Jorgensen, Erik Wiedemann jazz lexicon. Mosaic, Munich, 1967
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