Edgar Battle
Edgar "Puddinghead" Battle (October 3, 1907 – February 6, 1977) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. He performed on trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and keyboard.
Edgar Battle
- Name
- Edgar Battle
- Born
- October 3, 1907
- Birthplace
- Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- Died
- February 6, 1977 (aged 69)
- Place of death
- New York City, New York, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- jazz musician · composer
- Fields
- jazz
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Edgar Battle (3 ottobre 1907 – 6 febbraio 1977) figura come compositore negli archivi di autorità della Bibliothèque nationale de France e della Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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La nascita di Edgar Battle è registrata il 3 ottobre 1907, e la morte il 6 febbraio 1977. Il luogo di nascita di Edgar Battle è Atlanta, secondo la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek e la Bibliothèque nationale de France. La Deutsche Nationalbibliothek riporta la forma più precisa Atlanta, Georgia. Il luogo di morte di Edgar Battle è New York, secondo la Deutsche Nationalbibliothek e la Bibliothèque nationale de France.
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• Name — Edgar Battle • Alias — Puddinghead Battle • Born — October 3, 1907 • Birthplace — Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. • Died — February 6, 1977 (aged 69) • Place of death — New York City, New York, U.S. • Genre — Jazz • Instruments — Trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano
Early life and education
Early life and education
Battle was born into a musical family in Atlanta. He started playing trumpet and formed his own band, the Dixie Serenaders when he was a student at Morris Brown University in 1921. The group changed their name to Dixie Ramblers a few years later.
Career
Career
Battle played with Eddie Heywood Sr., and toured with the 101 Ranch Boys traveling show. In the 1920s, he worked with Gene Coy, Andy Kirk, Blanche Calloway, Ira Coffey, and Willie Bryant. He moved to New York City in the early 1930s and did short stints with Benny Carter and Sam Wooding before joining George White's ensemble on Broadway. Over time, he began doing more work as a studio musician and arranger, writing charts for Cab Calloway, Paul Whiteman, Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Rudy Vallee, and Count Basie. During World War II, Battle held a position as an electrician in a shipyard, concomitantly running a big band with Shirley Clay. In the 1950s, he founded Cosmopolitan Records, and continued to play in big bands part-time through the 1960s. Among his numerous jazz compositions are the pieces "Topsy" (co-composed with Eddie Durham) and "Doggin' Around" (with Herschel Evans).
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Personal life
Edgar Battle died in New York in February 1977, at the age of 69.
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- 1.Colin Larkin. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Guinness Publishing. 191. 1992. 0-85112-939-0.
- 2.Durham, Topsy M. Swingin' The Blues - The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham: Vol. I. Swingin' the Blues Durham. 2021-02-11.
- 3.Edgar Battle Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
- 4.Revised Smithsonian Collection of Classic Jazz - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic.
- 5.Daniels, Douglas Henry. One O'clock Jump: The Unforgettable History of the Oklahoma City Blue Devils. Beacon Press. 244. 14 August 2006. 9780807071366.
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