Zeke Zarchy
Zeke Zarchy | |
|---|---|
| Zarchy (right) and Louis Armstrong in the late 1960s | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Rubin Zarchy |
| Born | (1915年06月12日)June 12, 1915 New York City, New York |
| Died | April 11, 2009(2009年04月11日) (aged 93) Irvine, California |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
Rubin "Zeke" Zarchy (June 12, 1915 – April 11, 2009) was an American lead trumpet player of the big band and swing eras.
Early life
[edit ]Zarchy was born in New York City on June 12, 1915.[1] He first learned the violin, "but after a stint as bugler with his Boy Scout troop he switched permanently to trumpet while in his early teens."[2]
Later life and career
[edit ]Zarchy was with the Joe Haymes orchestra in 1935, and the following year played with Haymes, then Benny Goodman, and then Artie Shaw.[1] He was then with Bob Crosby and Red Norvo (1937–39), Tommy Dorsey (1939–40), and Glenn Miller (1940).[1]
Between 1942 and 1945 he played in US Army bands:[1] he was part of what became Miller's Army Air Force Band (officially, the 418th Army Band), playing lead trumpet as Master (First) Sergeant.[3] Zarchy's trumpet can be heard on recordings as Benny Goodman's "Bugle Call Rag", Glenn Miller's "Moonlight Cocktail", and Bob Crosby's "South Rampart Street Parade".[4]
After the war, singer Frank Sinatra invited Zarchy to move to Los Angeles, where he became a first-call studio musician.[3] He played on numerous recordings, including those led by Boyd Raeburn, Jerry Gray, Sarah Vaughan, and Frank Capp.[1] He appeared on film in The Glenn Miller Story (1954).[1]
During the 1960s and 1970s, he played in the house bands of several CBS TV variety shows, including The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , The Danny Kaye Show and The Jonathan Winters Show , and was a member of the NBC Staff Orchestras in New York and Los Angeles.[3]
In his later years, Zarchy made many music tours of Europe, South America, and Australia, as well as thirty-two concert trips to Japan.[3] He tutored several young trumpet players who became successful performers and studio musicians. He died in Irvine, California, on April 11, 2009.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g Kernfeld, Barry (2009), Zarchy, Zeke [Rubin] , Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J495300 , retrieved March 29, 2020
- ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Zeke Zarchy". AllMusic . Retrieved March 29, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Thurber, Jon (17 April 2009). "Rubin 'Zeke' Zarchy dies at 93; big band trumpeter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
- ^ Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide . The Rough Guides. pp. 716. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
External links
[edit ]- 1915 births
- 2009 deaths
- American jazz trumpeters
- American male trumpeters
- Swing trumpeters
- Lawrence Welk
- United States Army soldiers
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- 20th-century American trumpeters
- American male jazz musicians
- Glenn Miller Orchestra members
- 20th-century American male musicians