Jazz violin: Difference between revisions

Jazz violin began in New Orleans in the early 1900s.{{cite book |last1=Glaser |first1=Matt|last2=Shipton |first2=Alyn|last3=Barnett |first3=Anthony|editor1-last=Kernfeld |editor1-first=Barry |title=The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz |date=2002 |publisher=Grove’s Dictionaries |location=New York |isbn=1-56159-284-6 |pages=849–852|volume=3 |edition=2 }} Arrangements for ragtime orchestras had parts for violins in which they were as important as the other instruments. The violin was a lead instrument in the recordings of [[Armand J. Piron|A. J. Piron]],{{cite book |last1=Washburne |first1=Christopher |editor1-last=Kirchner |editor1-first=Bill |title=The Oxford Companion to Jazz |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00kirc |url-access=registration |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-518359-7 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00kirc/page/658 658–660] |chapter=Miscellaneous Instruments in Jazz}} whose trumpeter [[Peter Bocage]] also played violin. [[Alphonso Trent]] and Andy Kirk employed violinists in their [[territory bands]]. [[Stuff Smith]] played violin as a member of Trent’s band in the 1920s and tinkered with acoustic and electric means of increasing the volume of the instrument. [[Claude Williams (musician)|Claude Williams]] alternated between guitar and violin when as a member of the Count Basie orchestra. In Chicago, [[Eddie South]] was violinist and music director for [[Jimmy Wade]]. South was accompanied by [[Juice Wilson]] when both were members of the [[Freddie Keppard]] band. Violin is one instrument [[Edgar Sampson]] performed on as a member of the [[Fletcher Henderson]] band in the 1930s. Angelina Rivera was a classically trained violinist who worked with [[Josephine Baker]] and [[Spencer Williams]]. W. C. Handy conducted an orchestra with a three-violin section that included [[Darnell Howard]]. [[Paul Whiteman]]’s jazz orchestra a had a string section that was led by [[Matty Malneck]]. The bands of [[Artie Shaw]], [[Tommy Dorsey]], and [[Earl Hines]] had string sections, though they didn’t improvise. Bandleaders who were also violinists included [[Leon Abbey]], [[Clarence Black]], [[Carroll Dickerson]], and [[Erskine Tate]].