Tony Parenti
Anthony Parenti ( born August 6, 1900 in New Orleans, † 17 April 1972 in New York City ) was an American jazz clarinetist of the New Orleans Jazz. Although " chronically underestimated " rated him Reclams Jazz Encyclopedia as "one of the best New Orleans clarinetists ", whose style is " full of surprises and exciting moments " was.
Life and work
Parenti played as a child, first violin and then switched to the clarinet, which he made such great progress quickly that he could stand in Jack Laine 's band for Alcide Nunez in Papa. He first played in Joseph Tavernos Italian band, with Alfred "Baby" Laine (1914 ), Nick LaRocca and "Johnny De Droit 's Jazz Orchestra" (the first jazz band that played for the upper classes in New Orleans). From 1921 he led his own band in the " Bienville Roof" and from 1922 to 1924 in the restaurant " La Vida " in New Orleans, with whom he also recorded ( " Anthony Parenti and his Melody Boys" ). His reputation was so good that he already in 1922 an offer of trombonist Eddie Edwards got to go with to Chicago. At that time, his parents were against it, and also has a reputation in 1925 by Paul Whiteman he struck out. It was not until 1927 he left New Orleans and went to New York, where he at Ben Pollack ( as a replacement for Benny Goodman), Irving Mills, Paul Ash, the Dorsey brothers played. From 1930 he was there at CBS Member of the "Radio City Symphony Orchestra". 1938 to 1944 he was on tour in the band of the entertainer Ted Lewis, as well as Muggsy Spanier. In 1944, he took with Sidney Bechet and Max Miller in Chicago.
In 1945 he was back in New York where he played with Eddie Condon and George Brunies. After that he had in New York his own band " Tony Parenti and his New Orleanians ," in which, inter alia, Wild Bill Davison, Art Hodes, Pops Foster, Arthur TRAPPIER (drums) and Jimmy Archey played (often in " Jimmy Ryan 's Club ) and with whom he also made recordings ( as in 1949 on the first plate of Jazzology Labels by George Buck ). 1947 to 1949 he was in Chicago, where he Mole (1948 /9) played with Muggsy Spanier (1947 ) and Miff, and 1950, in Miami. 1952, he spent seven weeks at the " Dukes of Dixieland " the Assunto brothers when he New Orleans visited, and 1954 in a trio with Joe Sullivan and Zutty Singleton 1954 he was back in New York. , 1958 he played with Louis Armstrong and 1962-1963 with the Dukes of Dixieland and Eddie Condon 's Club, 1963-1969 with his own band in " Jimmy Ryan's ," then until his death in his own club. In addition, he also played clarinet alto and tenor saxophone.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Tony Parentiu & His Orleanians ( Jazzology, 1949) with Wild Bill Davison, Jimmy Archey, Art Hodes, George " Pops " Foster, Arthur TRAPPIER
- Ragtime Jubilee ( Jazzology )
- Tony Parenti & His Downtown Boys ( Jazzology, 1955-65 ) with Dick Wellstood, Armand Hug
- The Final Bar ( Jazzology, 1971) with Max Kaminsky, Charlie Bornemann, Bobby Pratt