Carl Kress

Carl Kress

Date de naissance 20.10.1907 à Newark Heights, NJ, Etats-Unis d Amérique

Date de décès 10.6.1965 à Reno, NV, Etats-Unis d Amérique

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Carl Kress

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Carl Kress (October 20, 1907, Newark, New Jersey - June 10, 1965, Reno, Nevada) was an American jazz guitarist.

Musical career

Kress began his career with Paul Whiteman in 1926, and thereafter launched a successful career as a studio guitarist. He played in the late 1920s and 1930s with Bix Beiderbecke, Red Nichols, Eddie Lang, Miff Mole, Frankie Trumbauer, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, and Adrian Rollini. He played repeatedly with Dick McDonough as a duo in the 1930s. He later worked with Muggsy Spanier (1944), Pee Wee Russell, Bobby Hackett, and Pearl Bailey. He was also, for a time, a member of the Gordon Jenkins Orchestra alongside Louis Armstrong. His last years were spent playing with George Barnes as a duo. He was also a record producer for Capitol Records in the 1940s, producing among others, the original 1946 version of "The Christmas Song" by The King Cole Trio.

At one point in his career he was a co-owner of the Onyx Club on 52nd Street in New York City. Kress was married to Helen Carroll, a vocalist with The Satisfiers. The group was part of The Chesterfield Supper Club radio show and also appeared on recordings with both Perry Como and Jo Stafford.[1][2][3] Kress had his own orchestra in the 1940s. The band was featured on the Chesterfield Supper Club broadcasts with Jo Stafford.[4][5] He died of a heart attack while on tour in 1965.

Compositions

Carl Kress' compositions included "Afterthoughts", "Sutton Mutton", "Helena", "Pickin' My Way" with Eddie Lang, "Danzon" with Dick McDonough, and "Chicken Ala Swing".

References

  1. The Satisfiers. Kokomo. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
  2. Helen Kress (Helen Carroll) obituary. Remick & Gendron Funeral Home (12 March 2011). Archived from the original on 6 April 2011. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
  3. (13 January 1947) Ad for 'Chesterfield Supper Club', Life. URL accessed 26 November 2010.
  4. At the Supper Club. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.
  5. At the Supper Club Part II. Amazon.com. Retrieved on 6 April 2011.

External links

  • [Carl Kress at All Music Guide Carl Kress] at Allmusic
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