Jimmie Noone
American musician
Died when: 48 years 362 days (587 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Jimmie Noone (April 23, 1895 – April 19, 1944) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader.After beginning his career in New Orleans, he led Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra, a Chicago band that recorded for Vocalion and Decca.
Classical composer Maurice Ravel acknowledged basing his Boléro on an improvisation by Noone.At the time of his death Noone was leading a quartet in Los Angeles and was part of an all-star band that was reviving interest in traditional New Orleans jazz in the 1940s.
Related People
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License