Fr jimmy mcpartland biography
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Art Hodes
James Dugald McPartland (March 15, 1907 – March 13, 1991), better known as Jimmy McPartland, was an American cornetist and one of the originators of Chicago Jazz. McPartland worked with Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey and other jazz veterans, often leading his own bands.
History
Jimmy McPartland was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a music teacher and baseball player. Family problems caused Jimmy and his siblings to be partly raised in orphanages. After being kicked out of one orphanage for fighting, he got in further trouble with the law. Fortunately, he had started violin at age 5, then took up the cornet at age 15. He credited music with turning him around. He confessed that if it weren’t for music, he probably would have been “a hoodlum”.
McPartland was a member of the legendary Austin High Gang with Bud Freeman (tenor sax), Frank Teschemacher (clarinet), brother Dick McPartland (banjo/
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McPartland, Jimmy (actually, James Douggald/Douglas)
McPartland, Jimmy (actually, James Douggald/Douglas), cornetist, trumpeter; brother of Dick McPartland; b. Chicago, March 15, 1907; d. Port Washington, N.Y., March 13, 1991. His father was a music teacher. Jimmy started on violin at five, then switched to cornet in the early 1920s. He formed a band with his brother and several of their friends (Jim Lanigan, Bud Freeman, Frank Teschemacher, Dave Tough, and pianist Dave North) that subsequently became known as The Austin High Gang, though they originally gigged as The Blue Friars. He got his first professional work with Al Maid’s Band in 1923, subsequently playing with other local bands before moving to N.Y. to join The Wolverines. He played alongside Bix Beider-becke for five nights until Bix left to join Jean Goldkette. McPartland left N.Y. with The Wolverines to play in Miami and Chicago; the band played in Chicago under Dick Voynow’s leadership, and later Jimmy fronted the ban
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James Dugald McPartland (March 15, 1907 – March 13, 1991), better known as Jimmy McPartland, was an American cornetist and one of the originators of Chicago Jazz. McPartland worked with Eddie Condon, Art Hodes, Gene Krupa, Benny Goodman, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey and other jazz veterans, often leading his own bands.
Jimmy McPartland was born in Chicago, Illinois. His father was a music teacher and baseball player. Family problems caused Jimmy and his siblings to be partly raised in orphanages. After being kicked out of one orphanage for fighting, he got in further trouble with the law. Fortunately, he had started violin at age 5, then took up the cornet at age 15. He credited music with turning him around. He confessed that if it weren't for music, he probably would have been "a hoodlum".
McPartland was a member of the legendary Austin High Gang with Bud Freeman (tenor sax), Frank Teschemacher (clarinet), brother Dick McPartland (banjo/guitar), brother-in-law, Jim