(1902-10-25)October 25, 1902 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
March 26, 1933(1933-03-26) (aged 30) New York City
Genres
Jazz, swing, chamber jazz
Occupation(s)
Musician
Instrument(s)
Guitar
Years active
1918–1933
Labels
Columbia, Brunswick, Okeh
Formerly of
The Paul Whiteman Orchestra
Musical artist
Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro; October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar.[1] During the 1920s, he gave the guitar a prominence it previously lacked as a solo instrument, as part of a band or orchestra, and as accompaniment for vocalists.[2] He recorded duets with guitarists Lonnie Johnson and Carl Kress and jazz violinist Joe Venuti, and played rhythm guitar in the Paul Whiteman Orchestra and was the favoured accompanist of Bing Crosby.
^Ferguson, Jim (1983). Father of Jazz Guitar. GPI Publications. pp. 78–86.
^Yanow, Scott (2003). Jazz on Record. San Francisco, California: Backbeat. p. 94. ISBN 0-87930-755-2.
EddieLang (born Salvatore Massaro; October 25, 1902 – March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar. During the...
His landmark recording of "Singin' the Blues" with Bix Beiderbecke and EddieLang in 1927, was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1977. His major...
jazz along with the guitarist EddieLang, a friend since childhood. Through the 1920s and early 1930s, Venuti and Lang made many recordings as leader...
In 2022, he was invited by Al Di Meola in the thirty-first edition of EddieLang Jazz Festival, to duet with him on stage. He was also chosen by Italian...
economic problems of the day and because of the impact of radio. Hayton and EddieLang were amongst the ten members of the band released. Hayton then joined...
Adrian Rollini at the Club New Yorker. The band also included guitarist EddieLang and violinist Joe Venuti, who had often recorded on a freelance basis...
recording with Bix Beiderbecke, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, EddieLang, and Hoagy Carmichael. Crosby matured as a performer and was in demand...
Duke Ellington, Joe Venuti, EddieLang, and Lonnie Johnson. (The swinging sound of Venuti's jazz violin and EddieLang's virtuoso guitar-playing anticipated...
Whiteman signed and featured white jazz musicians including Joe Venuti and EddieLang (both are seen and heard in the film), Bix Beiderbecke (who had left before...
Clouds of Joy. Joe Venuti was best known for his work with guitarist EddieLang during the 1920s. Georgie Stoll was a jazz violinist who became an orchestra...
(Published 2012)". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 August 2023. Lang, Kirsty. "Eddie Redmayne's Cabaret gamble: 'I lie in bed going through routines in...
including Bix Beiderbecke, Jimmy Dorsey, Frank Trumbauer, Pee Wee Russell, EddieLang, and Joe Venuti. The Victor Recording Orchestra won the respect of the...
Bix Beiderbecke Steve Brown Hoagy Carmichael Jimmy Dorsey Tommy Dorsey EddieLang Don Murray Howdy Quicksell Pee Wee Russell Frankie Trumbauer Joe Venuti...
decade. George Gershwin wrote Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris. EddieLang and Joe Venuti were the first musicians to incorporate the guitar and...
guitar's volume. In the hands of EddieLang it became a solo instrument for the first time. Following the lead of Lang, musicians traded their banjos for...
"Fiddler" Williams. Joe Venuti was popular for his work with guitarist EddieLang during the 1920s. Improvising violinists include Stéphane Grappelli and...
day—the Dorsey Brothers, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Joe Venuti and EddieLang, Artie Shaw, Victor Young, Bunny Berigan—had a profound effect on the...
as guitar and bass form the rhythm section. Some researchers believe EddieLang and Joe Venuti pioneered the guitar-violin partnership characteristic...
"Clarinet Marmalade", "Singin' the Blues" with Frankie Trumbauer and EddieLang, "Margie", and "At the Jazz Band Ball". The band's seminal 78-rpm recordings...
career of Venuti's longtime collaborator EddieLang may wish to consult the excellent discography at EddieLang Sessions. In the case of mixed issues where...
(Romania, 2016), Jason Becker Not Dead Yet Festival (Holland, 2013), EddieLang Jazz Festival (Italy, 2010, 2013, 2015). Gottardo is married to guitar...
American blues players such as Lead Belly, Albert Ammons, Pinetop Smith and EddieLang, and taught himself to play the piano, guitars, and harmonica. Mayall...
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