Jimmy Wade

Jimmy Wade was an American trumpeter and bandleader of the Chicago jazz.

Life and work

Wade began in 1916 in the Chicago area to perform with his own groups. He also toured in California and Seattle with Lucille Hegamins Blue Flame Syncopators and then moved to New York City, where they performed together until 1922 with her. Upon his return to Chicago he played with Doc Cooke, after which he again formed his own band, Jimmy Wade's Syncopators, played in the 1924 to 1927 Eddie South; other known members were Stump Evans, Punch Miller and Alex Hill who participated in recordings of the band in 1928 for Vocalion ( "Gate Blues ") and Darnell Howard. According to Brian Rust Wade was the mid-1920s a prominent figure in the Chicago music entertainment scene; he also served as musical director of the Moulin Rouge cabaret. He had an engagement at the Club Alabam in Harlem early 1927. Wade worked most of his career as a bandleader.