Doc West
Harold "Doc" West (August 12, 1915 – May 4, 1951) was an American jazz drummer.
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Doc West
- Name
- Doc West
- Birth Name
- Harold West
- Born
- 12 August 1915
- Birthplace
- Wolford, North Dakota, U.S.
- Died
- 4 May 1951
- Place of death
- Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz
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Doc West, musicien de jazz, batteur et musicien, naquit le 12 août 1915 et mourut le 4 mai 1951.
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Le lieu de naissance de Doc West est enregistré comme Wolford, North Dakota par la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et comme Wolford (Dakota du Nord, États-Unis) par la Bibliothèque nationale de France. Le lieu de décès de Doc West est Cleveland, Ohio, États-Unis, selon la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek et la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Name — Doc West • Birth Name — Harold West • Born — 12 August 1915 • Birthplace — Wolford, North Dakota, U.S. • Died — 4 May 1951 • Place of death — Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Drums • Years Active — 1930s–1951
Early life
Early life
West was born in Wolford, North Dakota. He learned to play piano and cello as a child before switching to drums.
Career
Career
In the 1930s, West played in Chicago with Tiny Parham, Erskine Tate, and Roy Eldridge (1937/38). Late in the decade, he filled in for Chick Webb when Webb was unable to lead his own orchestra. In the early 1940s, he performed with Hot Lips Page and played on the early bebop scene at Minton's Playhouse in New York City with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Tiny Grimes, and Don Byas. He played with Oscar Pettiford in 1944 and stood in for Jo Jones occasionally in Count Basie's orchestra. West appears on recordings from Slam Stewart, Leo Watson, Wardell Gray, Billie Holiday, Erroll Garner, Big Joe Turner, and Jay McShann.
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Personal life
West and his wife, Florence, had one daughter. He died in 1951 while on tour with Roy Eldridge.
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