Volly De Faut

Voltaire " Volly " De Faut ( born March 14, 1904 in Little Rock, Arkansas, † May 29, 1973 in Chicago ) was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist of the Chicago jazz.

De Faut moved at age six with his family to Chicago and went to the Englewood High School on the South Side of Chicago. He had his first engagement in Chicago in 1922 in the band of Sig Meyer ( which also Muggsy Spanier and bassist Arnold Loyacano were ) and played saxophone with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, without taking with them. In addition to his involvement with the NORK ( 1-6 clock in the morning) he had it even day jobs in other orchestras. After that he played with the Midway Gardens Orchestra and with kind Kassel. He made ​​his recording debut in 1924 with Muggsy Spanier and 1925 with Jelly Roll Morton ( for Autograph ). He also played the cornet Merritt Brunies and recorded with him in 1924. October 1924 he recorded the first vocal interpretation of Copenhagen with singer Kitty Irvin. In 1928, he took the orchestra of Jean gold chain. From 1929 he was in Detroit in the orchestra of the radio station WKN and kept this job for nine years through the difficult years of the Great Depression. In 1942 he was drafted and played in a military band ( which by the way he studied music at the St. Louis University, which enabled him later to work as a teacher). In 1945 he again played in the Chicago jazz scene and took in the same year with Bud Jacobson on. In the 1950s he was back in Chicago, but fought with other jobs as music by, among other things, he bred dogs, conducted a hotel and worked as a painter. But often he worked from 1953 ( recording on Paramount ) with Art Hodes together, toured with him, and took with him on at Delmark.