Jimmie Noone
Considered one of the three top New Orleans clarinetists of the 1920s (with Johnny Dodds and Sidney Bechet), Jimmie Noone had a smoother tone than his contemporaries that appealed to players of the swing era (including Benny Goodman). He played guitar as a child, and at age 15 took clarinet lessons from Lorenzo Tio, Jr. and Sidney Bechet (the latter was only 13, shockingly enough). Noone developed quickly, and he played with Freddie Keppard (1913-1914), Buddy Petit, and the Young Olympia Band (1916), which he also led. In 1917, he went to Chicago to join Keppard's Creole band. After it broke up the following year he became a member of King Oliver's band, staying until he joined Doc Cook's Dreamland Orchestra (1920-1926). Although Noone recorded with Cook, it was when he started leading a band at the Apex Club that he hit his stride. By 1928, he had pianist Earl Hines and altoist Joe Poston in the unusual quintet (Poston stuck to playing melodies behind Noone), and was recording for Vocalion, creating classic music including an early version of "Sweet Lorraine" (his theme song) and "Four or Five Times." Noone worked steadily in Chicago throughout the 1930s (although he received less attention from the jazz world), and he used Charlie Shavers on some of his late-'30s recordings and welcomed the young singer Joe Williams to the bandstand; unfortunately, they never recorded together. In 1944, Noone was in Kid Ory's band on the West Coast and seemed on the brink of greater fame when he unexpectedly died. Thanks to European reissue series, Jimmie Noone's recordings are readily available on CD. His son, Jimmie Noone, Jr., suddenly emerged out of obscurity in the 1980s to play clarinet and tenor with the Cheathams.
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Essential Jazz Masters
Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1 Aug 2011
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The King of the Clarinet (Remastered)
Jazz - Released by Master Tape Records on 6 Aug 2021
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The Jazz Makers, Jimmie Noone 1937 - 1947
Jazz - Released by Planet Blue Records on 17 Jan 1990
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New Orleans Jazz (Digitally Remastered)
Kid Ory, Jimmie Noone, Kid Ory & Jimmie Noone
Jazz - Released by Essential Media Group on 10 Oct 1967
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New Orleans Jazz
Dixieland - Released by Olympic Records on 10 Oct 1967
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No More Troubles With Music
Jazz - Released by No More Troubles With Music TM on 1 Jul 2020
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Jimmie Noone: The Best Sessions 1928-1940
Jazz - Released by Jazz Essential on 24 Jul 2017
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Complete Jazz Series 1930 - 1934
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 27 Apr 2009
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Jimmie Noone: Apex Time, 1928-1930 (Jazz Archives No. 4)
Jazz - Released by EPM on 1 Jan 1996
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Complete Jazz Series 1934 - 1940
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 27 Apr 2009
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Complete Jazz Series 1929 - 1930
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 27 Apr 2009
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The Jimmy None Collecton Vol. 2 - 1928-1930
Jazz - Released by Collectors Classics on 20 Oct 1993
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Complete Jazz Series 1928 - 1929
Jazz - Released by Complete Jazz Series on 27 Apr 2009
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Jimmie Noone Selected Hits Vol. 1
Jazz - Released by Charly Records on 12 Jun 2006
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Jimmie Noone Selected Favorites, Vol. 1
Jazz - Released by Charly Records on 21 Mar 2011
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The Jazz Makers, Jimmie Noone 1937 - 1947
Jazz - Released by Blue Pie Records USA on 17 Jan 1990
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