Miley, Bubber, 1903-1932

LC control no.	no 98058167
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Miley, Bubber, 1903-1932 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Miley, James Wesley, 1903-1932
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1903-04-03
Death date	1932-05-20
Place of birth	Aiken (S.C.)
Place of death	New York (N.Y.)
Affiliation	Elmer Snowden's Washingtonians (Musical group)
Profession or occupation	Trumpet players Jazz musicians
Special note	Machine-derived authority record.
Found in	LCCN 96-791880: Ellington, D. Duke Ellington Volume 1, 195-? Duke Ellington, 195-?: container (Bubber Miley) New Grove dict. of jazz (Miley, Bubber [James Wesley]; b. Apr. 3, 1903; d. May 20, 1932; trumpeter) African American National Biography, accessed March 3, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Miley, Bubber; James Wesley Miley; jazz musician, trumpeter; born 03 April 1903 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States; studied trombone and cornet in school; joined Elmer Snowden's Washingtonians at the Hollywood Club in Times Square (1923); freelanced as an accompanist on many blues record dates (1923-1928); first recorded with the Washingtonians (in 1924 and in 1926); went to Paris with Noble Sissle; returned to New York; the society bandleader Leo Reisman hired Miley as a featured “hot” soloist (1930); his solos on King Oliver's “St. James Infirmary” and Jelly Roll Morton's “Little Lawrence” and “Pontchatrain” were among his best (1930); his most notable session was with Bix Beiderbecke, Joe Venuti, and Bud Freeman on a Hoagy Carmichael date; formed his own band (late 1931); was one of the three most influential trumpeters of the 1920s; died 20 May 1932 in New York, New York, United States)
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