- Floyd O'Brien
Floyd O'Brien (May 7, 1904 - November 26, 1968) was an American
jazz trombonist.O'Brien first played in Chicago in the 1920s with the
Austin High School Gang ; later in the decade he played withEarl Fuller ,Floyd Town ,Charles Pierce ,Thelma Terry , andHusk O'Hare . Between 1930-31 he worked in a pit band at a theater inDes Moines ,Iowa . He moved toNew York City and played withMal Hallett ,Joe Venuti ,Smith Ballew ,Mike Durso (1933-34),Phil Harris (1935-39),Gene Krupa (1939-40), andBob Crosby (1940-42).In 1943 he relocated to
Los Angeles and played withEddie Miller ,Bunk Johnson ,Shorty Sherock ,Jack Teagarden , andWingy Manone . After 1948 he moved toChicago and there worked withBud Freeman ,Art Hodes andDanny Alvin . O'Brien had recorded with Freeman as early as 1928; other recordings include withEddie Condon (1933 and later),Fats Waller ,Mezz Mezzrow ,George Wettling (1940),Charles LaVere (1944),Albert Nicholas (1959), andSmokey Stover . His lone session as a bandleader yielded two singles forJump Records in 1945, which were also released under Charles LaVere's name.References
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