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Herbert Wright (born December 1897 Orangeburg, South Carolina).[1][2][3][4]
Career[edit]
- 1918: 369th Infantry Regiment Band (aka Harlem Hellfighters Band)
- George L. Dobyns (1871–1941) Shows, a carnival operation that wintered in York, Pennsylvania, pre- World War I (per WWI draft registration).
- While performing with James Reese Europe, Herbert Wright shared billing with another snare drummer, Steve Wright (né Stephen Zymole Wright; 1892–1961), born in Charleston, South Carolina, and an alumnus of the Jenkins Orphanage. He also had served in the 369th Infantry Regiment Band.
- Steve Wright, in 1921, recorded at least 5 sessions with Noble Sissle and His Sizzling Syncopators, one on Pathé Records and the others on Emerson Records. The other musicians were:
- Ontario-born Frank De Broite (né Jaçon Franklin De Broite; 1874–1962), trumpet
- Emporia, Kansas-born Frank Withers (né Frank Douglas Withers; 1880–1952), trombone
- Detroit-born Edgar Campbell (né Edgar O. Campbell; born 1889), clarinet, who also had played in Ford Dabney's (de) band
- Indianapolis-born Nelson Kincaid (né Nelson Leonard Kincaid; 1888–1956), alto sax
- Baltimore-born Eubie Blake (1887–1983), piano
- 1919–1927: Massachusetts State Prison, 106 Washington Street, Boston (married according to the 1920 U.S. Census)
- 1933, Herbert and Lillie Wright lived at 23 Haskins Street, Roxbury, Boston. The directory indicates that he was an elevator at 136 Harrison Avenue.[5] Roy Haynes, under his father's name, Gustavus Haynes, lived at 30 Haskins Street.[6]
James Reese Europe[edit]
James Reese Europe in Boston at Mechanics Hall, during an intermission, berated a drummer, Herbert Wright, who became enraged and lunged at Europe with a pen knife. Wright was convicted of manslaughter and served 8 years of a 10-year sentence in a Massachusetts penitentiary.[7]
After his release from the Massachusetts States Prison in Boston, March 30, 1927, he lived quietly in Roxbury, Boston, working as a dance band drummer. At some point he gave a neighborhood boy his first drum lesson. That boy was Roy Haynes. Haynes lived on the same street as Wright – Haskins Street, a street that was discontinued February 9, 1976.
Prison career[edit]
- 1920: Prison program[8]
Family[edit]
Drayton was of Ethiopian descent, according to his Draft Registration for World War I.
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ African American Entertainers in Australia and New Zealand: A History, 1788–1941, by Bill Egan, McFarland & Company (2020) p. 202; OCLC 1135100634
- ^ Black Recording Artists, 1877–1926: An Annotated Discography, compiled by Craig Martin Gibbs (born 1956), McFarland & Company (2013), p. 62; OCLC 870092561
- ^ "Wright, Herbert," An Encyclopedia of South Carolina Jazz and Blues Musicians, by Benjamin Franklin V, University of South Carolina Press (2016), p. 787
- ^ "Herbert Wright, South Carolina; Registration County: Orangeburg; Roll: 1877678; Draft Board: 1," United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 (accessible via Ancestry.com; subscription required)Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: NARA. M1509, 4,582 rolls
- ^ The Boston Directory for the Year Commencing August 1, 1933, Sampson & Murdock Company, Vol. 129 (1933); OCLC 27465586"Wright, Herbert B. (Lillie)," p. 1834(accessible via Ancestry.com; subscription required)
"Haynes, Gustavus (Edna)," p. 942 - ^ "Jazz Great Roy Haynes: My 1st Music Teacher, Herbert Wright, Killed the Great James Reese Europe" (oral history, interviewing Roy Haynes) (video via YouTube); interviewee: Roy Haynes; interviewer: Dick Gregory, Memphis: W.E. A.L.L. B.E. — World, Enriching, Activating, Liberating, Love, Beautification, Experience — News Radio & TV (blog at weallbe
.blogspot .com), March 20, 2016 - ^ Jazz and Death: Medical Profiles of Jazz Greats, by Frederick J. Spencer, MD, University Press of Mississippi (2002), p. 64; OCLC 773827397
- ^ "Orchestra, Choir, Band," The Mentor, Vol. 21, No. 2, December 1920, pps. 34–37; OCLC 1129134253Printed and edited by the inmates of the Massachusetts State Prison at Charlestown
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