Karl George

Charles Curtis George ( born April 6, 1913 in St. Louis, † 1978 ) was an American jazz trumpeter.

George Karl played at the beginning of his musical career in 1933 at the McKinney 's Cotton Pickers and Cecil Lee. During the 1930s he belonged then to the Jeter - Pillars Orchestra and finally the orchestras of Teddy Wilson ( 1939-40 ) and Lionel Hampton ( 1941/42, to listen to " In the Bag "). 1942/43, he served in the U.S. Army; then he moved to California, where he worked with Stan Kenton (1943 ), Benny Carter (1944 ), Count Basie (1945 ) and Happy Johnson ( 1946).

For recordings for the label Melodisc he led 1945/46, in Los Angeles own octet, played in the inter alia, Bill Doggett, Freddie Green, Buddy Tate, JJ Johnson, John Simmons and Lucky Thompson; The result were the singles " Baby It 's Up to You" and " Grand Slam". In addition, George had at that time still in recording sessions of Bob Mosley, Ivie Anderson, the octet of Charles Mingus (May 1946), Slim Gaillard and His Boogiereeneers, Oscar Pettiford, Dinah Washington / Lucky Thompson. In the late 1940s, George pulled back due to illness from the music scene. His playing style is reminiscent of Harry Sweets Edison, according to Erik Wiedemann.

Disco Graphical Notes

• Charles Mingus: West Coast: 1945-1949 ( Uptown ) (Baron Mingus and His Octet )
• Slim Gaillard 1945 ( Classics )
• Dinah Washington with Lucky Thompson All-Stars: Mellow Mama ( Delmark Records, 1945)