Sam Wooding and His Orchestra, with Garvin Bushell, standing second from the right.
Garvin Bushell (1902-1991) was a jazz musician who played various musical instruments: clarinet, hobo, bassoon and saxophone. He played dixieland, swing and modern jazz and worked among others Cab Calloway and John Coltrane. He also played classical music. biography
Garvin Bushell was the son of a vocalist and composer. He studied piano in Ohio and saxophone, bassoon, hobo and whistle in Paris, New York and Berlin. In 1919 he went to New York, where he made recordings with Johnny Dunn and Mamie Smith 'Jazz Hounds. Then followed by Perry Bradford. He joined Sam Wooding's band (see photo), which he also played in Europe. From 1926 to 1928 he played at Cab Calloway, after which he was a member of Louisiana Sugar Babies, with Jabbo Smith, Fats Waller and James P. Johnson. With this group he took up one of the first bassoon solos in jazz history. Later he worked with Otto Hardwick (1931), Fess Williams (1933) and Fletcher Henderson (1935/1936). He played for several years at Chick Webb's orchestra, which was led by Ella Fitzgerald after his death. In 1944 he entered under his own name. From the fifties he was mainly a music teacher. In 1950 he played bassoon in Chicago Civic Orchestra. In 1959 he worked at Wilbur de Paris (until 1964) and in a resurrection of Fletcher Henderson's band. In 1961, he was guest musician on recordings by John Coltrane (at the Africa / Brass session and as a member of his sextet with Eric Dolphy when they played in the Vanguard Village). In 1964 he played on some recordings by Gil Evans. Bushell also participated in recordings of Bessie Smith (1930), Wild Bill Davison, Slim Gaillard, Bunk Johnson, Ethel Waters and Rex Stewart.
In 1988 Bushell came with an autobiography. Discography Literature
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