Hal Kemp

Hal Kemp was an American bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician and saxophonist (1904–1940). He was born at Marion and died at Madera.

Also recorded as James Hal Kemp; James Harold Kemp.

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Identity and origins

Hal Kemp was recorded at birth as James Harold Kemp. He also worked under the name Hal Kemp. The authorities additionally record the headings James Hal Kemp and James Harold Kemp.

He married Martha Stephenson.

Identity

What the record establishes about Hal Kemp.

MusicBrainz establishes this heading under the identifier c939c494-c8e2-4b8b-ab18-21b0166d4823. Scatterlings is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1984.1522). Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7 is dated Aug 1903 - Jul 1904 and held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) is dated 1937-1991 and held by Wellcome Collection. Hal Kemp is recorded as bandleader, composer, conductor, jazz musician and saxophonist. The Art Institute of Chicago records 1 object associated with this heading.

Wellcome Collection records 2 objects associated with this heading. Hal Kemp is recorded with the citizenship of United States. Hal Kemp is recorded at birth as James Harold Kemp.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to Hal Kemp is held.

Smith Ballew - Romance (with the Hal Kemp Orchestra) (1929) (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch v Skinnay Ennis Forty Second Street (1932) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Ive Got To Have You Nobody But You (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Washin The Blues From My Soul (1930) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Life Begins At Sweet Sixteen (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Hal Kemp Orch La Cumparsita The Masquerade (1933) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Thats What I Call Heaven (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch In The Hush Of The Night (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch The Moon Got In My Eyes (1933) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Carolina Club Orch Oh Monah (1932) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Dodging A Divorcee (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Hal Kemp Orch The Jazz Me Blues (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch With All My Heart (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch A Heart Of Stone (1933) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Waitin For Katy (1928) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp Orch Hells Bells (1932) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. THE NIGHT IS FILLED WITH MUSIC is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

F. D. R. JONES (1939) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Hal Kemp film (1936) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. SIBERIAN SLEIGH RIDE is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Hal Kemp may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Hal Kemp is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q1570127.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1903 to 1937.

Scatterlings, dated n.d., collage, watercolor, and crayons, with graphite, gouache, colored pencils, and touches of pen and black ink on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1984.1522. Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7, dated Aug 1903 - Jul 1904, held by Wellcome Collection. Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987), dated 1937-1991, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

2 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kemp, Hal, Oxford Music Online, 2003. The Next Step: Hal Kemp, Mr. Trumpet, 2011.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (10281522-7) and MusicBrainz (c939c494-c8e2-4b8b-ab18-21b0166d4823). Those registers additionally record the form Kemp and His Orchestra.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 1 catalogued release groups (MusicBrainz). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1903Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7 (Wellcome Collection).
  2. 1903Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7 is dated Aug 1903 - Jul 1904 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  3. 1904Hal Kemp born at Marion.
  4. 1904Hal Kemp was born in 1904 at Marion.
  5. 1915Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) is dated 1937-1991 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1928Hal Kemp Orch Waitin For Katy digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1928Hal Kemp Orch Waitin For Katy (1928) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  8. 1929Hal Kemp Orch Ive Got To Have You Nobody But You digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1929Smith Ballew - Romance (with the Hal Kemp Orchestra) (1929) (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  10. 1929Hal Kemp Orch Ive Got To Have You Nobody But You (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  11. 1929Hal Kemp Orch Thats What I Call Heaven (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  12. 1929Hal Kemp Orch In The Hush Of The Night (1929) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  13. 1929Smith Ballew - Romance (with the Hal Kemp Orchestra) (1929) digitised by Internet Archive.
  14. 1930Hal Kemp Orch Washin The Blues From My Soul (1930) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  15. 1930Hal Kemp Orch Washin The Blues From My Soul digitised by Internet Archive.
  16. 1932Hal Kemp Orch Ah But Ive Learned digitised by Internet Archive.
  17. 1932Hal Kemp Orch Hells Bells digitised by Internet Archive.
  18. 1932Hal Kemp Orch v Skinnay Ennis Forty Second Street (1932) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  19. 1932Hal Kemp Carolina Club Orch Oh Monah (1932) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  20. 1932Hal Kemp Orch Hells Bells (1932) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  21. 1932Hal Kemp Carolina Club Orch Oh Monah digitised by Internet Archive.
  22. 1932Hal Kemp Orch v Skinnay Ennis Forty Second Street digitised by Internet Archive.
  23. 1933Hal Kemp Orch Bolero digitised by Internet Archive.
  24. 1933Hal Kemp Orch La Cumparsita The Masquerade (1933) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  25. 1933Hal Kemp Orch The Moon Got In My Eyes (1933) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  26. 1933Hal Kemp Orch A Heart Of Stone (1933) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  27. 1933Hal Kemp Orch The Moon Got In My Eyes digitised by Internet Archive.
  28. 1933Hal Kemp Orch Free digitised by Internet Archive.
  29. 1935Hal Kemp Orch I Feel Like A Feather In The Breeze (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  30. 1935Hal Kemp Orch Life Begins At Sweet Sixteen (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  31. 1935Hal Kemp Orch Dodging A Divorcee (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  32. 1935Hal Kemp Orch The Jazz Me Blues (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  33. 1935Hal Kemp Orch With All My Heart (1935) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  34. 1936Hal Kemp film (1936) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  35. 1937Medawar, Sir Peter Brian (1915-1987) (Wellcome Collection).
  36. 1939F. D. R. JONES (1939) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  37. 1940Hal Kemp died at Madera.
  38. 1940Hal Kemp died in 1940 at Madera.
  39. 1984Scatterlings is dated n.d. and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1984.1522).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Kemp, Hal, Oxford Music Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    MusicBrainz artist record for Hal Kemp

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    The Next Step: Hal Kemp, Mr. Trumpet, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 10281522-7, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra.

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  5. 5.

    Internet Archive, 177 digitised items catalogued under Hal Kemp as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Hal Kemp.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Hal Kemp.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1570127: Hal Kemp

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  9. 9.

    “Hal Kemp”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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