Garvin Bushell(néGarvin Lamont Payne; September 25, 1902 – October 31, 1991) was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, and bassoonist.[1] He performed with many prominent 20th-century jazz musicians, including Jelly Roll Morton and John Coltrane.[2][1]
Garvin Bushell
Garvin Bushell (standing, third from right) with Sam Wooding and his Orchestra, 1925
Bushell was born in Springfield, Ohio, to Alexander Payne, Jr. (1875–1908) and Effie Penn (maiden; 1879–1968). After his father's death, his mother – on January 12, 1910, in Covington, Kentucky – married Rev. Joseph Davenport Bushell (1878–1960). Garvin adopted the surname of his stepfather.
Bushell eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he worked as a music teacher.[3]
Personal lifeedit
Bushell – on July 24, 1923, in Manhattan – married Marie Roberts (maiden; 1902–1971), who, among other things, had been a member of the Chocolate Kiddies chorus for the 1925 European tour. Garvin was a member of the band for that tour.
Bushell – in 1965 in Manhattan – married Louise Olivari (maiden; 1925–1994), to whom he remained married until his death in 1991. Garvin and Louise had two sons, Garvin P. Bushell and Philip Bushell.
Sam Wooding, Sam Wooding & His Chocolate Dandies (Biograph, 1970)
Referencesedit
^ ab"Garvin Bushell". Perseus Author Biographies. 2009. p. 555. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
^Ullman, Michael (May 1, 2016). "The Jazz Column". Fanfare: The Magazine for Serious Record Collectors. Vol. 39, no. 5. pp. 530–535. Retrieved February 10, 2024 – via EBSCOHost.
^Magee, Jeffrey (Winter 1993). "Reviewed Works: Jazz from the Beginning by Garvin Bushell, Mark Tucker; Twenty Years on Wheels by Andy Kirk, Amy Lee". American Music. 11 (4): 493–497. doi:10.2307/3052544. JSTOR 3052544 – via JSTOR.
External linksedit
Review of Bushell's book Jazz From the Beginning Archived 2005-12-17 at the Wayback Machine