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词条 Louis Cottrell Jr.
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  1. Biography

  2. Union activism

  3. Musical style

  4. New Orleans: The Living Legends

  5. Discography

     As leader  Other appearances  Compositions 

  6. References

  7. External links

{{short description|American musician}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Louis Cottrell Jr.
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| image = Louis Cottrell - ONWARD BRASS BAND - Leader-Clarinetist.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption = Louis Cottrell
| birth_name = Louis Albert Cottrell Jr.
| alias = "Prez"
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|03|07}}
| birth_place = New Orleans
| origin =
| death_date = {{Death date|1978|03|21|}}
| death_place = New Orleans
| genre = Traditional Jazz, Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz
| occupation = Musician, bandleader, union leader
| instrument = Clarinet, tenor saxophone
| years_active = c. 1925–1978
| label = Riverside, GHB, Southland
| associated_acts = Paul Barbarin, Onward Brass Band, Heritage Hall Jazz Band, The Louis Cottrell Trio, Dixieland Hall
| website = {{URL|louiscottrell.com/}}
}}Louis Albert Cottrell Jr. (March 7, 1911, New Orleans - March 21, 1978, New Orleans) was a Louisiana Creole jazz clarinetist and tenor saxophonist. He was the son of the influential drummer Louis Cottrell, Sr., and grandfather of New Orleans jazz drummer Louis Cottrell. As leader of the Heritage Hall Jazz Band, he performed at the famous Carnegie Hall in 1974.[1]

Biography

Louis Cottrell was born into an upper-class Creole musical family. His father, Louis "Old Man" Cottrell, Sr., was a famed drummer, and cornetist Manny Perez was his godfather.[2] The young Cottrell grew up around such great musicians as Barney Bigard, John Robichaux, and A.J. Piron.[3]

Cottrell studied clarinet under Lorenzo Tio Jr. and Bigard. He began his career in the 1920s with the Golden Rule Orchestra, and then in 1925 played with Paul "Polo" Barnes.[4]

Later in the 1920s he worked with Chris Kelly and Kid Rena, then in 1929 found work on the riverboat SS Island Queen with Lawrence Marrero's Young Tuxedo Brass Band and Sidney Desvigne. These were the years when he became a prominent union organizer.

He joined Don Albert's orchestra soon after, recording an album with the orchestra in 1935 under the Vocalion label. He tried his hand at composing, and with Lloyd Glenn and Albert wrote, "You Don't Love Me (True)."[3] Rhythm and blues bandleader Paul Gayten would later approach Cottrell to record "You Don't Love Me" and it became one of the first hits of the R & B New Orleans era, having made it to the number 5 spot nationally on the R & B top ten charts. Cottrell toured widely throughout North America with Albert until 1939.

After leaving Albert he returned to New Orleans, playing with Paul Barbarin in 1940. They would form an enduring collaboration. He performed with A.J. Piron in 1941, then returned to play with Desvigne from 1942 to 1947. In the 1950s he played again with Barbarin, and recorded with him in 1951 and 1955.

Cottrell first recorded as a leader in 1961, when he formed the Louis Cottrell Trio to record for Riverside's "Living Legends" series. Barbarin and Cottrell in 1960 revived the Onward Brass Band. As a sideman he recorded with Peter Bocage (1960), Jim Robinson (1961–64), Harold Dejan (1962), Thomas Jefferson (1962), Paul Barbarin at Preservation Hall (1962), Sweet Emma Barrett (1963), Avery Kid Howard (1964), Waldren Joseph (1964–1965), Barbarin's Onward Brass Band (1968, 1968) and Paul "Polo" Barnes (1969). In 1967, Cottrell, went on a U.S.O. tour to entertain troops in Vietnam and Thailand.[1] Cottrell took over the Onward Brass Band after Paul Barbarin's death in 1969.

He formed the Heritage Hall Jazz Band in 1971 and also led that ensemble up until his death.[4] In its day, Heritage Hall rivaled the better known Preservation Hall, both located in the French Quarter. It was during this period in 1974 that the Heritage Hall Jazz Band, under Cottrell's leadership, played Carnegie Hall in New York City. Blanche Thomas was the featured vocalist. The recording of the live concert can be found on Viko.[5] He made several television appearances, including Perry Como's Spring in New Orleans in 1976,[6] and The Mike Douglas Show. He recorded "Big Lip Blues" on the Academy Award-nominated soundtrack Pretty Baby (1978), and had a cameo appearance in the movie.[7] Louis Cottrell died suddenly at his home after a short illness in 1978 at the age of 67.[8] Fittingly, he was honored with a jazz funeral, as thousands assembled in a small Gentilly Catholic church to bid him farewell.[9] Inspired by this musical legacy, Cottrell's grandson, Louis Cottrell, became a drummer and performed with the Young Tuxedo Brass Band, Dr. Michael White and numerous other traditional jazz bands.

Union activism

America throughout much of the 20th Century was a country which was racially divided. Chris Albertson, producer of the "Living Legends" series, recalls an incident in 1961 with a Black musician, McNeal Breaux, during recording of the "Living Legends" series in 1961: "[Breaux] owned a restaurant and invited Dave and me to have dinner there, but we had to enter through the back door, because of our color." [10] Starting in his teens, Cottrell worked diligently to organize the Colored Musicians Union as a chapter of the American Federation of Musicians, Local 496. He would be elected president in 1956. He was as well known for seeking equitable treatment for musicians as for his music.[11][12] Cottrell was able to see firsthand the fruits of his labor. Doug Ramsey wrote, "shortly before he died, [Cottrell] told a friend how happy he was that New Orleans had finally become a city where he and other musicians like him could make a living playing as they wanted to play.[13]

Musical style

Cottrell played traditional jazz, also referred to as Dixieland, the earliest form of jazz. It is distinguished by polymorphic improvisation by trumpet, trombone and clarinet. It has its origins in the marching bands of New Orleans which played at funerals. The main instruments of the bands, brass and woodwinds, would become the basic instruments of jazz. Cottrell's mastery of the clarinet and tenor saxophone enabled him to become a member of these bands and later lead his own. These brass bands were integral to the culture of the time. They performed at a wide variety of events, weddings, dances and most famously the jazz funeral. Rose of Sharon Witmer writes that the jazz funeral is a "living tradition carried on to this day and it owes a great debt to Louis Cottrell Jr." [11]

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Master clarinetist Lorenzo Tio Jr. taught Cottrell how to play the Albert system. The "Albert System" is a clarinet keying/fingering system. The Albert system of fingering requires the player to utilize "roller" keys to alternate between some notes on the instrument. The Albert system also generally has fewer keys than the more widely known "Boehm" fingering system. A fine example of his playing can be heard on Paul Barbarin's Onward Brass Band—in Concert. Cottrell leads the band during his favorite hymn, "What a Friend We Have in Jesus." His beautiful clarinet playing is a standout on the album.[14]

New Orleans: The Living Legends

In 1960-61 Riverside Records produced an acclaimed series of albums featuring jazz and blues greats such as Jim Robinson, Sweet Emma Barrett and Alberta Hunter. The objective was to record the music of veteran musicians before their artistry was lost forever. Many of the musicians were no longer active and their union memberships had expired. Recognizing the importance of the project, the American Federation of Musicians suspended the rules. This "Living Legends" series was initially recorded in New Orleans. Later sessions were recorded in Chicago. The sessions took place at Societé des Jeunes Amis Hall, built in the 1800s. According to the producer, Chris Albertson, the hall was a "Creole fraternal headquarters and it proved to have every advantage over a studio; apart from its live sound, it gave the performers familiar surroundings... The hall's acoustical sound was exactly what I wanted to recapture: the same kind of ambience that lent such character to Bill Russell's 1940's American Music recordings from San Jacinto Hall." One of the musicians invited to participate was Louis Cottrell Jr.[10] Cottrell organized a trio comprising McNeal Breaux, Alcide "Slow Drag" Pavageau with Emmanuel Sayles sitting in playing guitar and banjo. The band was so well received that they continued to play together. The music on this album has been described as "more polite and subtle than the city's 'downtown' music... an intimate, low-key delight." [15] Cottrell's playing has also been well received:

{{quote|[In 1961] Cottrell recorded a masterwork, entitled New Orleans: The Living Legends, which was reissued in 1994. To hear it is to conjure up the elegance of a bygone era by a man who did much to create it. From the opening note on "Bourbon Street Parade," to the charming "Three Little Words," to the reverent "What a Friend We Have in Jesus," the listener is hearing the living history of jazz.[11]}}

Discography

As leader

YearTitleLabel
1961New Orleans: The Living LegendsRiverside
1963Dixieland Hall Presents Louis Cottrell and His New Orleans Jazz BandNobility
1973New Orleans Heritage Hall Jazz BandGNP Crescendo
1974Louis Cottrell's Heritage Hall Jazz Band Live at Carnegie HallViko
1980Louis Cottrell Quintet Hall Herb Quintet - Clarinet LegendsGHB

Other appearances

YearTitleLabel
1935Boots And His Buddies / Don Albert & His OrchestraVocalion
1951Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Band – In Concert504
1955Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Jazz Band – The Atlantic New Orleans SessionsMosaic
1960Peter Bocage w. His Creole Serenaders & The Love Jiles Ragtime OrchestraRiverside
1960Peter Bocage & His Creole Serenaders – New Orleans: The Living Legends Peter BocageRiverside
1961Jim Robinson And His New Orleans Band – New Orleans: The Living Legends Jim RobinsonRiverside
1961Jim Robinson New Orleans Band – New Orleans: The Living Legends Jim Robinson Plays Spirituals And BluesRiverside
1961The Bell Gal And Her Dixieland Boys MusicRiverside
1962Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Band – Bourbonstreet BeatGHB
1962Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Band – Punch Miller's Bunch & George LewisAtlantic
1962Olympia Brass Band / Eureka Brass Band – Music Of New Orleans The Brass BandsJazzology
1962Jim Robinson N.O.Band Pierce Billie & De De – Jazz At Preservation Hall 2Atlantic
1962Eureka Brass Band – Jazz At Preservation HallCollectables Jazz Classics
1962Thomas Jefferson – Dreaming On The River To New OrleansGHB
1962Don Albert – Echoes Of New OrleansGHB
1962Peter Bocage & His Creole SerenadersJazzology
1963Sweet Emma Barrett and Her New Orleans MusicSouthland
1963Chink Martin – Shades Of New OrleansSouthland
1964Paul Barbarin & His New Orleans Band – The Best At Dixieland HallNobility
1964Bob Havens And His New Orleans All StarsSouthland
1964Waldron Frog Joseph & His New Orleans Jazz BandNobility
1964Frog and His Friends at Dixieland HallNobility
1964Barbarin's BestRiverside
1964Great Spirituals, Avery 'Kid' Howard and His New Orleans Jazz Band at Zion Hill ChurchNobility
1965Waldron Frog Joseph Traditional New Orleans JazzDulai
1966Onward Brass Band In concert 1966Jazz Crusade
1968Onward Brass BandJazz Crusade
1969Paul Barnes QuartetsNola
1969Paul Barnes & Emile Barnes QuartetAmerican Music
1969Paul Barbarin's Onward Brass Band: in ConcertNobility
1972Wallace Davenport With Jim Robinson And Louis NelsonMy Jazz
1975Two Sides of New OrleansLouisiana Tourist Development Commission
1977Teddy Riley – Smile With The Sounds Of ...Kon-ti
1978Soundtrack for Pretty BabyABC

Compositions

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  • "You Don't Love Me (true)"
  • "Blues For Dixie"
  • "Drag's Turnaround Blues"

The song "You Don't Love Me (true)" has been recorded by artists such as Paul Gayten, Roy Milton, Camille Howard, The Spiders, Jacques Gauthe and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band.

References

1. ^{{cite journal|title=Blance Thomas: New Orleans Songstress|journal=The Jazz Archivist|first=Per|last=Oldaeus|volume=XVII|issue=2003|id= |pages=34|url=http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/Jazz/pdf/Jazz_Archivist_vol17_2003.pdf|format=|accessdate=2010-05-10 }}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=9986 |title=Onward Jazz Band |accessdate=2010-05-11 |publisher=All About Jazz }}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.faqs.org/copyright/you-dont-love-me-w-and-m-metric-music-company-employer-for-3/ |title=You don't love me |accessdate=2010-05-11 |publisher=faqs.org }}
4. ^{{cite news | first= | last= |authorlink= | title=Clarinetist Louis Cottrell is dead at 67 | date=1978-03-22 | publisher=Bangor Publishing Company | url =https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2457&dat=19780322&id=N7gzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rzgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4921,2350457 | work =Bangor Daily News | pages =41 | accessdate = 2010-05-11 | language = }}
5. ^{{cite journal|title=Blanche Thomas: New Orleans Songstress|journal=The Jazz Archivist|first=Per|last=Oldaeus|volume=XVII|issue=2003|id= |pages=35|url=http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/Jazz/pdf/Jazz_Archivist_vol17_2003.pdf|format=|accessdate=2010-05-10 }}
6. ^{{cite web | url = http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/amrc/collection/comoGuide.htm | title = Guide to the Perry Como Collection, 1955-1994 | accessdate = 2010-05-14 | year = 2001 | publisher = University of Colorado at Boulder}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.traditional-jazz.com/mainpages/bananasreview.htm |title=Goin' Bananas |accessdate=2010-05-11 |last=Joly |first=Marcel |work=Traditional Jazz |publisher=John Petters Productions }}
8. ^{{cite journal|title=Census: Died|journal=Jet|date=27 April 1978|volume=54|issue=6|id= |pages=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XkIDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=Louis+Cottrell+jr+jet+1978&source=bl&ots=wooYaYfs4v&sig=3vxP6zxpkOltGr0FHgVet4gEL8o&hl=en&ei=iSTvS-vLCIzk7AOu0eySBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate=2010-05-16| issn=0021-5996}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://cdm15140.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/JAZ&CISOPTR=1534&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 |title=Jazz Funeral for Louis Cottrell |accessdate=2010-05-11 |date=1978-03-27 |publisher=Louisiana State Museum }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://stomp-off.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-orleans-1961.html |title=New Orleans, 1961 |accessdate=2010-05-09 |last=Albertson |first=Chris |date=2009-11-21 |work=Stomp Off in C }}
11. ^{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p435496/biography|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography of Louis Cottrell Jr. |accessdate=2010-05-09 |last=Rose of Sharon Witmer |year=2010 |work=Allmusic |publisher=All Music Guide }}
12. ^{{cite book | last = Feather | first = Leonard | authorlink = |author2=Ira Gitler | title = The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 1999 | location = New York | pages = 153 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ma1BpsFE1WoC&lpg=PA153&ots=Ttsia0QH8t&dq=press%20roll%20cottrell&pg=PA153#v=onepage&q=press%20roll%20cottrell&f=false | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0-19-532000-8 }}
13. ^{{cite journal|title=Quarter Time|journal=Texas Monthly|date=September 1978|first=Doug|last=Ramsey|volume=6|issue=9|pages=178|id= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ICwEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA178&ots=6iKAIUwpE6&dq=AL%20HIRT%20LOUIS%20COTTRELL&pg=PA178#v=onepage&q=AL%20HIRT%20LOUIS%20COTTRELL&f=false|format=|accessdate=2010-05-09 }}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.jazzcrusade.com/JCCD/JC3049.html |title=JCCD-3049: Paul Barbarin's Onward Brass Band--in Concert |accessdate=2010-05-10 |last=Joly |first=Marcel |work=The Jazz Crusade }}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/albums/New-Orleans-The-Living-Legends-Bourbon-Street/ |title=New Orleans: The Living Legends - Bourbon Street |accessdate=2010-05-04 |date=1994-05-13 |publisher=Concord Music Group }}

External links

{{Portal|New Orleans|Biography|Jazz}}
  • {{YouTube|vUVNgxCZNX0|"Perry Como and Louis Cottrell"}} video
  • "Big River of Sound: Music on the Mississippi" February 27, 2002 American Routes Public Radio program
  • {{YouTube|SIau9Vwt9RU|"Louis Cottrell - New Orleans Jazz Great"}} video
  • {{YouTube|dL2EssjWRtk|"Tiger Rag"}} video
  • {{YouTube|3deu0x_sEfE|"Riverside Records Living Legends Sessions 1961"}} video
  • {{YouTube|0VN9yeLzYYI|"Gettysburg March, Jim Robinson et. al."}} video recorded at Preservation Hall with Louis Cottrell on clarinet
  • {{YouTube|05WCrH-kCgA|"The Funeral of Paul Barbarin"}} c. February 17, 1969. Barbarin was honored with a traditional jazz funeral. In this video Pete Fountain, Ernie Cagnolatti, Louis Cottrell and many others perform "Just a Closer Walk With Thee."
  • Louis Cottrell Jr. photograph holdings at Louisiana Digital Library
  • {{IMDb name|0183166|Louis Cottrell}}
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