Pettiford Oscar

Oscar Pettiford (born with Okmulgee in Oklahoma the September 30th 1922, died with Copenhagen with the Denmark the September 8th 1960) was a Bassiste, violoncellist and type-setter of Jazz, especially Bebop.

The mother of Pettiford was Choctaw and her father semi Cherokee semi Afro-américain.

In 1942 it integrates the orchestra of Charlie Barnet and in 1943 the attention attracts after having recorded with Coleman Hawkins on " The Man I Love" , a composition of Hawkins. At the same period, it also recorded with Earl Hines and Ben Webster. He and Dizzy Gillespie directed a bop group in 1943. In 1945 Pettiford goes to California with Hawkins. It appears in The Crimson Canary a film known for its original music. He then played with Duke Ellington of 1945 to 1948 and with Woody Hermann into 1949 before playing especially as leader in the years 1950.

Pettiford is regarded as the pioneer of the violoncello as an instrument soloist in jazz. In 1949, whereas it had broken an arm, Pettiford could not play of low and was tested with the violoncello, prété by a friend. It granted it in Quarte S, like a double bass but an octave higher. It recorded for the first time with a violoncello in 1950. The violoncello then became its second instrument and it will continue to play about it throughout its career.

In 1958 he moves in Copenhagen and records for European labels.

Among his compositions, one can quote " Tricotism, " " Laverne Walk, " " Bohemia After Dark" and " Swingin' Till the Girls Like Home."

Oscar Pettiford died of Virus near to that of the Poliomyélite.

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