Roy Palmer

Roy Palmer ( born April 2, 1887 in New Orleans, † December 22, 1963 in Chicago ) was an American jazz trombonist.

Life and work

Palmer first played as a guitarist in 1906 Roseal 's Orchestra ( Orchestra or Rozele ), then switched to the trumpet, and finally to the trombone. Earlier in his career he played trombone with Richard M. Jones (1911, George Fewclothes Cabaret ), Freddie Keppard (1911) and Willie Hightower (around 1914/15 in the American Stars in Cadillac Club ) and in the Tuxedo Brass Band and Onward Brass Band. In 1917 he moved to Chicago, where he played with Lawrence Duhe in Sugar Johnny Smith's band; when the band was taken over after the death of Sugar Johnny Smith of King Oliver, he left her. Palmer played in the 1920s in the bands of the trumpeter Tig Chambers, in the bands of Doc Watson and Hughie Swift and other bands in Chicago; He also participated in recordings and Others by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton (1924, Fish Tail Blues, High Society ), Johnny Dodds (1927 ), Richard M. Jones ( 1929), the State Street Ramblers (1931 ), the Memphis Nighthawks (also known as Alabama Rascals, 1932) and most recently with the Chicago Rhythm Kings (1936 ) with. Palmer took a total of 1923-1936 to 14 recording sessions in part. After John Chilton he was no longer active as a full time musician since the early 1930s and worked for the Mazola Oil Company, in its brass band he played. After 1936, were no further recordings; he moved in the summer of 1940 in the South State Street in Chicago, where he ran a laundry. In addition, he taught trumpet, trombone and music theory; to his pupils were in the early 1920s Albert Wynn and Preston Jackson, and also in the 1950s, he taught at his home trombone, trumpet and music theory.

Disco Graphical Notes

• State Street Ramblers Volume 1 (RST )