Saturday, February 06, 2010

5: Jazz Odyssey: The Autobiography of Joe Darensbourg, as told to Peter Vacher

Somewhere between the Lee Collins and Garvin Bushell bios, interest and writing wise.

I had never heard Brother Bones was a member of the Globetrotters:

Brother Bones, whose real name was Freeman Davis, was a carpenter by trade and did this bones and whistling routine as a novelty in clubs. He had been with the Harlem Globetrotters and he made that version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" which they use for their warm-up.


Some research on the web does not confirm this.

Another interesting tidbit is that Deacon Jones was a bass player who played with Armstrong at one point. I wonder whether the Louis Jordan song was inspired by him.

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