Edwin SWAYZE, The muted story of an extraordinary trumpet 1/4
Edwin Walter SWAYZE
(June 13, 1906, Marshall, TX – January 31, 1935, New York, NY)
Nicknames: “King”, “Ravoy” or “Son”
Trumpet in Cab Calloway’s orchestra between July 1931 and January 1935
Crowned “The King”, inspired by King Oliver, leader of his own band for a while, famous for composing Jitterbug, noted soloist on muted trumpet and high notes, Edwin Swayze is a musician who deserves to be rediscovered for his intense career that started in Arkansas, made him a bandleader, lead him twice to Europe, and ended abruptly at only 29 during a stay the world-famous Cotton Club in Cab Calloway’s orchestra.
A LITTLE JAZZ MUSICIAN FROM LITTLE ROCK
Main Street north from Sixth, Little Rock, Arkansas, circa 1910. (source: SHORPY)
In July 1931, when Edwin Swayze is hired by Cab Calloway to replace R. Q. Dickerson who just left, he’s not a newbie in the jazz business. This “very fine trumpet player” as qualified by Cab himself “came back from Europe and I grabbed him” (Cab in a tape recording for his autobiography, 1974). Cab knew that Swayze was a musician who would fit in with his band and had the ability and required talent to seat on Dickerson’s chair. And he was
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