Bill Rank
Bill Rank | |
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| Birth name | William C. Rank |
| Born | June 8, 1904 Lafayette, Indiana, US |
| Died | May 20, 1979 (aged 74) Cincinnati |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Instrument | Trombone |
William C. Rank (June 8, 1904 – May 20, 1979) was an American jazz trombonist.
Rank was born in Lafayette, Indiana, on June 8, 1904, and initially worked in Indiana and Florida.[1] Between 1923 and 1927 he played with Jean Goldkette's band in Detroit and often recorded with Bix Beiderbecke.[1] After playing with Adrian Rollini in 1927 and a period as a freelance, Rank joined Paul Whiteman's band, and stayed until 1938.[1] He was then a studio musician in Hollywood into the early 1940s, when he moved to Cincinnati.[1] There, he led a tenet for the rest of the 1940s.[1]
Rank then changed to playing part-time while also working in insurance.[2] His one album as a leader, a tribute to Beiderbecke, was recorded in 1973.[2] Rank continued playing until a short time before his death, on May 20, 1979, in Cincinnati.[1]
Discography
As leader
- Bix's Gang Lives (Fat Cat's Jazz)
As sideman
With Bix Beiderbecke
- At the Jazz Band Ball (Okeh Records)
- Goose Pimples (Okeh Records)
- Jazz Me Blues (Okeh Records)
- Louisiana (Okeh Records)
- Margie (Okeh Records)
- Ol' Man River (Okeh Records)
- Rhythm King (Okeh Records)
- Royal Garden Blues (Okeh Records)
- Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down (Okeh Records)
- Somebody Stole My Gal (Okeh Records)
- Sorry (Okeh Records)
- Thou Swell (Okeh Records)
- Wa-Da-Da (Everybody's Doin' It Now) (Okeh Records)
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