Joe Haymes

Lawrence Joseph "Joe" Haymes ( born February 10, 1907 in Marshfield, Missouri, † July 10, 1964 in Dallas, Texas) was an American jazz arranger, pianist and bandleader.

Life and work

Joe Haymes grew up in Springfield (Missouri ); where he attended Greenwood Laboratory School and was a drummer in the local Boy Scout band; as a teenager he learned the piano. After moving to the Drury College in 1926, he played locally with its own dance band before he was hired in 1928 after leaving school by Ted Weems as an arranger. Haymes arranged for him, inter alia, the hit " Piccolo Pete ". Haymes then founded in 1930 in Tulsa own band in 1932 and moved with her to New York City. This year the Haymes orchestra was considered one of the hottest dance bands in the country, with a special talent for jazz novelties; There were recording sessions for all major labels such as Victor Records, Columbia Records, Bluebird Records. The end of 1933 he sold the tape to the actor and band leader Buddy Rogers. Beginning of 1934, Haymes put together a swing band with whom the arranger Spud Murphy participated.

After Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey split in 1935, Joe Haymes took over parts of the band; he hired several of Charlie Barnet's orchestra musicians for his new band, which consisted 1935-1937 and plates recorded, but was only moderately successful. In its various formations played inter alia, Sterling Bose, Lee Castle, Pee Wee Erwin, Nick Fatool, Toots Mondello, Joe Yukl and Bud Freeman.

In 1938, Haymes toured as an arranger with Les Brown's orchestra and subsequently worked as a composer and arranger for radio. In 1942 he was briefly in the U.S. Army, where he served as a medic. After his return to the music scene, he continued his work in the Hollywood studios in the 1940s continued into the late 1950s; next Haymes worked at this time at Lawrence Welk's television show; He also appeared as a soloist in the Los Angeles in piano bars.

Around 1960 he moved to Dallas and moved gradually from the music business; but still worked as an arranger. Haymes died of heart failure at the age of 57