Kimball, Narvin

LC control no.	no2006087150
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Kimball, Narvin *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	19090302
Death date	20060317
Place of birth	New Orleans (La.)
Affiliation	Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Profession or occupation	Jazz musicians
Found in	I ate up the apple tree [SR] 1974: container (Narvin Kimball, bass) Ninety and still delivering [SR] 1999: label (Narvin Kimball, banjo) insert (b. 1909) Wikipedia, Dec. 8, 2014 (Narvin Kimball; 2 March 1909 in New Orleans, La.; died March 17, 2006; jazz musician who played banjo and string bass and was also known for his fine singing voice. The left-handed virtuoso banjo player was the son of well regarded string bass player Henry Kimball. He was playing music professionally by the mid-1920s with such groups as the bands of Fate Marable and Papa Celestin. He married a fellow member of Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band, pianist Jeannette Kimball (née Salvant). In the 1930s during the Great Depression Kimball switched to string bass to play in swing bands such as Sidney Desvigne's, but music did not provide enough money; and he got a day job as a mailman. He continued playing music in the evening, leading his band called "Narvin Kimball's Gentlemen of Jazz". After World War II he formed a singing group called "The Four Tones" with Fred Minor, Alvin Alcorn, and Louis Barbarin that enjoyed some local success. He played regularly at such French Quarter venues as Preservation Hall and Dixieland Hall; however he kept his day job as a postman until his retirement in 1973; after this date, he toured the United States and Europe extensively with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. His singing "Georgia on My Mind" was a reliable show stopper. He was the oldest member of the band at his retirement in 1999 at age 90. When Hurricane Katrina was threatening New Orleans, in 2005, Kimball and his wife were evacuated to Baton Rouge. He died in exile with relatives in South Carolina)
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