George McClennon 1891

Clarinettista, direttore d’orchestra e attore comico statunitense (Charlotte, North Carolina, 22.9.1891 – Chicago, Illinois, 1937). Figlio adottivo dell’attore comico Bert Williams, comincia una carriera teatrale e partecipa a numerose tournée di vaudeville. Dal 1923 al 1926, registra per la Okeh sotto il nome di Harlem Trio o McClennon And His Jazz Devils. Muore di tubercolosi.

Non possedendo né la moderazione di un Johnny Dodds, né l’eleganza di un Barney Bigard, George McClennon appartiene piuttosto alla schiera dei clarinettisti di colore anticonformisti (Wilbur Sweatman, Wilton Crawley, Bob Fuller).
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American clarinetist, conductor, and comedian (Charlotte, North Carolina, 22.9.1891 - Chicago, Illinois, 1937). Adopted son of comedian Bert Williams, he began a theatrical career and participated in numerous vaudeville tours. From 1923 to 1926, he recorded for Okeh under the name of Harlem Trio or McClennon And His Jazz Devils. He dies of tuberculosis.

Having neither the restraint of a Johnny Dodds nor the elegance of a Barney Bigard, George McClennon belongs instead to nonconformist black clarinetists (Wilbur Sweatman, Wilton Crawley, Bob Fuller).
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