Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) (February 27, 1889 – July 15, 1933) was an early jazzcornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and succeeded by Joe Oliver.
Early life and career in New Orleans
Keppard (pronounced in the French fashion, with relatively even accentuation and a silent d, as opposed to the somewhat harsher English manner which rhymes with “leopard”) was born in the Creole of Color community of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. Born in 1889, Freddie Keppard was Buddy Bolden’s junior by thirteen years and Louis Armstrong’s senior by eleven years. Keppard’s father, Louis Keppard (Sr.), had been a New Orleans man and had worked as a cook in the Vieux Café until his early death. His mother, Emily Peterson Keppard, was from St. James parish. His older brother Louis Keppard was his elder by one year and also became a professional musician later in life. The first tune they learned to play together was called “Just Because She Made Them Goo-Goo Eyes.” Freddie Keppard was raised on Villere Street in New Orleans in a home environment filled with music. His mother first started him on the violin, while his brother Louis first played guitar. When he was still a young boy, he and Louis, who by then had become an aspiring guitarist, would disguise their age from police by putting on long pants before going to Basin Street to shine shoes for a nickel a shine, hoping to get in on the music scene and get advice or even tutelage from their favorite musicians in the District while shoe-shining. As such, Keppard did not receive any formal musical training and may have been a non-reader who, instead of reading arrangements, most likely learned all of his parts by ear and used his powerful and imaginative abilities to improvise parts that were even better.
Brown Sugar - Cook & His Dreamland Orchestra (Freddie Keppard, Jimmie Noone) (1926)
Doc Cook dir: Freddie Keppard, Elwood Graham, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl / Joe Poston, Clifford King, cl, as / ? Jerome Pasquall, cl, ts / Kenneth Anderson, p / Robert Shelly, Johnny St. Cyr, bj / Rudolph "Sudie" Reynaud, bb / Bert Greene or Andrew Hilaire, d / v breaks probably by Poston and Noone. Chicago, July 10, 1926.
published: 10 Jun 2020
Freddie Keppard: The New Orleans' Second Cornet King Who Refused To Record In 1916, unfortunately.
Freddie Keppard, powerful and improviser cornet player who contributed to evolution from ragtime style to New Orleans style, was very active in the 1910s and made some recordings only in the 1920s:
- ERSKINE TATE'S VENDOME ORCHESTRA (2 in June 1923)
- COOK'S DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (6 in June 1924)
- COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS (4 in June 1926)
- COOK AND HIS DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (4 in July 1926)
- FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS ( 4 in Sept. 1926, 3 issued).
Certainly his are the solos with GINGERSNAPS and JAZZ CARDINALS.
He played with the orchestras of Erskine Tate (again), Jerome "Don" Pasquall, Lil Hardin and Charles Elgar, as well as leading his own bands, from 1928 to late 1932, when, undermined by alcoholism and tuberculosis, he died in 1933 at 44 years.
Here are 2 tunes with his sol...
published: 12 Feb 2021
FREDDIE KEPPARD WITH JIMMIE NOONE & JOHNNY DODDS
FREDDIE KEPPARD WITH JIMMIE NOONE & JOHNNY DODDS
It was undoubtedly one of the best cornets of the New Orleans period and it was characterized by its robust and round sound, its ability to "shoot" very violent notes and to have been able to change its way of playing, acquiring refinement. and melodic control, with the arrival of the new classical Jazz trends.
This great trumpet player took over the formation of Buddy Bolden and became '' King '' in New Orleans up to a memorable musical battle with another cornetist:
Joe Oliver became '' King '' after the legendary battle.
B. February 27, 1889 - (New Orleans, Louisiana)
D. July 15, 1933 - (Chicago, Illinois)
1. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
Cook's Dreamland Orchestra: F. Keppard, E. Graham (cn)
F. Garland (tb) - J. Don' Pasqua...
Doc Cook dir: Freddie Keppard, Elwood Graham, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl / Joe Poston, Clifford King, cl, as / ? Jerome Pasquall, cl, ts / Kenneth ...
Doc Cook dir: Freddie Keppard, Elwood Graham, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl / Joe Poston, Clifford King, cl, as / ? Jerome Pasquall, cl, ts / Kenneth Anderson, p / Robert Shelly, Johnny St. Cyr, bj / Rudolph "Sudie" Reynaud, bb / Bert Greene or Andrew Hilaire, d / v breaks probably by Poston and Noone. Chicago, July 10, 1926.
Doc Cook dir: Freddie Keppard, Elwood Graham, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl / Joe Poston, Clifford King, cl, as / ? Jerome Pasquall, cl, ts / Kenneth Anderson, p / Robert Shelly, Johnny St. Cyr, bj / Rudolph "Sudie" Reynaud, bb / Bert Greene or Andrew Hilaire, d / v breaks probably by Poston and Noone. Chicago, July 10, 1926.
Freddie Keppard, powerful and improviser cornet player who contributed to evolution from ragtime style to New Orleans style, was very active in the 1910s and ...
Freddie Keppard, powerful and improviser cornet player who contributed to evolution from ragtime style to New Orleans style, was very active in the 1910s and made some recordings only in the 1920s:
- ERSKINE TATE'S VENDOME ORCHESTRA (2 in June 1923)
- COOK'S DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (6 in June 1924)
- COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS (4 in June 1926)
- COOK AND HIS DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (4 in July 1926)
- FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS ( 4 in Sept. 1926, 3 issued).
Certainly his are the solos with GINGERSNAPS and JAZZ CARDINALS.
He played with the orchestras of Erskine Tate (again), Jerome "Don" Pasquall, Lil Hardin and Charles Elgar, as well as leading his own bands, from 1928 to late 1932, when, undermined by alcoholism and tuberculosis, he died in 1933 at 44 years.
Here are 2 tunes with his solos:
00:12 ''Messin' Around'' (Doc Cook-Johnny St. Cyr) - Cookie's Gingersnaps –
v. Noone and Poston -Rec. Chicago June 22, 1926 - Okeh 8390 - Mx. 9768-A,
downloaded from ''Internet Archive'': https://archive.org/details/1920sJazz_201606/Last+Night+On+The+Back+Porch.mp3
Personnel according to Brian Rust:
COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS:
Freddie Keppard, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl, v / Joe Poston, as, v / Kenneth Anderson, p / Johnny St. Cyr, bj.
03:04 ''Stock yard Strut'' (Jasper Taylor)- Freddie Keppard and His Jazz Cardinals – Rec. Chicago Sept., 1926 Paramount 12399 A – Mx. 2651-1,
downloaded from ''The Syncopated Times'':
https://syncopatedtimes.com/freddie-keppard-and-his-jazz-cardinals/
Personnel according to Brian Rust:
FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS:
Freddie Keppard, c / Eddie Vincent, tb / Johnny Dodds, cl / Arthur Campbell, p / Jasper Taylor, woodblocks .
NOTE:
There are no photo of New Orleans pianist Arthur Campbell, who played with King Oliver Orchestra at the Big 25 in New Orleans in 1915, in The Armand Piron Society Orchestra at Tranchina's restaurant at Spanish Fort - New Orleans in1918, replaced after few months by Steve Lewis, in 1920s with Freddy Keppar, see:
https://books.google.it/books?id=gKrLT8_qxogC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Arthur+Campbell,+jazz+piano+player+with+King+Oliver&source=bl&ots=k_fGsvZU2H&sig=ACfU3U3BAsE6tE_ZkWWoBiX_ZRWKSPfnvg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCg-XPhuDuAhVGzRoKHcreDycQ6AEwEnoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Campbell%2C%20jazz%20piano%20player%20with%20King%20Oliver&f=false
https://books.google.it/books?id=TQSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT272&lpg=PT272&dq=Arthur+Campbell+and+Armand+Piron&source=bl&ots=Ubrs84tEx2&sig=ACfU3U3JhOL1-pY2V8ID51zZrVPI_Dgs-A&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimq4_H9t_uAhV1XRUIHXxkAb0Q6AEwDXoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Campbell%20and%20Armand%20Piron&f=false
http://basinstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30-A.J.-PIRON.pdf .
The photographs and the recordings in this video are more then 50 years old. Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "FAIR USE" .
The intent of this video is for non profit Historic Preservation, Education.
Freddie Keppard, powerful and improviser cornet player who contributed to evolution from ragtime style to New Orleans style, was very active in the 1910s and made some recordings only in the 1920s:
- ERSKINE TATE'S VENDOME ORCHESTRA (2 in June 1923)
- COOK'S DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (6 in June 1924)
- COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS (4 in June 1926)
- COOK AND HIS DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (4 in July 1926)
- FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS ( 4 in Sept. 1926, 3 issued).
Certainly his are the solos with GINGERSNAPS and JAZZ CARDINALS.
He played with the orchestras of Erskine Tate (again), Jerome "Don" Pasquall, Lil Hardin and Charles Elgar, as well as leading his own bands, from 1928 to late 1932, when, undermined by alcoholism and tuberculosis, he died in 1933 at 44 years.
Here are 2 tunes with his solos:
00:12 ''Messin' Around'' (Doc Cook-Johnny St. Cyr) - Cookie's Gingersnaps –
v. Noone and Poston -Rec. Chicago June 22, 1926 - Okeh 8390 - Mx. 9768-A,
downloaded from ''Internet Archive'': https://archive.org/details/1920sJazz_201606/Last+Night+On+The+Back+Porch.mp3
Personnel according to Brian Rust:
COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS:
Freddie Keppard, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl, v / Joe Poston, as, v / Kenneth Anderson, p / Johnny St. Cyr, bj.
03:04 ''Stock yard Strut'' (Jasper Taylor)- Freddie Keppard and His Jazz Cardinals – Rec. Chicago Sept., 1926 Paramount 12399 A – Mx. 2651-1,
downloaded from ''The Syncopated Times'':
https://syncopatedtimes.com/freddie-keppard-and-his-jazz-cardinals/
Personnel according to Brian Rust:
FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS:
Freddie Keppard, c / Eddie Vincent, tb / Johnny Dodds, cl / Arthur Campbell, p / Jasper Taylor, woodblocks .
NOTE:
There are no photo of New Orleans pianist Arthur Campbell, who played with King Oliver Orchestra at the Big 25 in New Orleans in 1915, in The Armand Piron Society Orchestra at Tranchina's restaurant at Spanish Fort - New Orleans in1918, replaced after few months by Steve Lewis, in 1920s with Freddy Keppar, see:
https://books.google.it/books?id=gKrLT8_qxogC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Arthur+Campbell,+jazz+piano+player+with+King+Oliver&source=bl&ots=k_fGsvZU2H&sig=ACfU3U3BAsE6tE_ZkWWoBiX_ZRWKSPfnvg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCg-XPhuDuAhVGzRoKHcreDycQ6AEwEnoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Campbell%2C%20jazz%20piano%20player%20with%20King%20Oliver&f=false
https://books.google.it/books?id=TQSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT272&lpg=PT272&dq=Arthur+Campbell+and+Armand+Piron&source=bl&ots=Ubrs84tEx2&sig=ACfU3U3JhOL1-pY2V8ID51zZrVPI_Dgs-A&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimq4_H9t_uAhV1XRUIHXxkAb0Q6AEwDXoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Campbell%20and%20Armand%20Piron&f=false
http://basinstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30-A.J.-PIRON.pdf .
The photographs and the recordings in this video are more then 50 years old. Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "FAIR USE" .
The intent of this video is for non profit Historic Preservation, Education.
FREDDIE KEPPARD WITH JIMMIE NOONE & JOHNNY DODDS
It was undoubtedly one of the best cornets of the New Orleans period and it was characterized by its robust an...
FREDDIE KEPPARD WITH JIMMIE NOONE & JOHNNY DODDS
It was undoubtedly one of the best cornets of the New Orleans period and it was characterized by its robust and round sound, its ability to "shoot" very violent notes and to have been able to change its way of playing, acquiring refinement. and melodic control, with the arrival of the new classical Jazz trends.
This great trumpet player took over the formation of Buddy Bolden and became '' King '' in New Orleans up to a memorable musical battle with another cornetist:
Joe Oliver became '' King '' after the legendary battle.
B. February 27, 1889 - (New Orleans, Louisiana)
D. July 15, 1933 - (Chicago, Illinois)
1. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
Cook's Dreamland Orchestra: F. Keppard, E. Graham (cn)
F. Garland (tb) - J. Don' Pasquall (ts) - J. Poston (as)
J. Noone, C. King (cl, as) -- A. Spaulding (pn) - J. Bell (vn)
S. Wilson (bj) - B. Newton (bb) - B. Greene (dm) - d. Cook (ldr)
1924 - Richmond
2. Stock Yards Strut
Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals: F. Keppard (cn)
E. Vincent (tb) - J. Dodds (cl) - A Campbell (pn)
J. Taylor (blocks)
1926 - Chicago
FREDDIE KEPPARD WITH JIMMIE NOONE & JOHNNY DODDS
It was undoubtedly one of the best cornets of the New Orleans period and it was characterized by its robust and round sound, its ability to "shoot" very violent notes and to have been able to change its way of playing, acquiring refinement. and melodic control, with the arrival of the new classical Jazz trends.
This great trumpet player took over the formation of Buddy Bolden and became '' King '' in New Orleans up to a memorable musical battle with another cornetist:
Joe Oliver became '' King '' after the legendary battle.
B. February 27, 1889 - (New Orleans, Louisiana)
D. July 15, 1933 - (Chicago, Illinois)
1. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
Cook's Dreamland Orchestra: F. Keppard, E. Graham (cn)
F. Garland (tb) - J. Don' Pasquall (ts) - J. Poston (as)
J. Noone, C. King (cl, as) -- A. Spaulding (pn) - J. Bell (vn)
S. Wilson (bj) - B. Newton (bb) - B. Greene (dm) - d. Cook (ldr)
1924 - Richmond
2. Stock Yards Strut
Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals: F. Keppard (cn)
E. Vincent (tb) - J. Dodds (cl) - A Campbell (pn)
J. Taylor (blocks)
1926 - Chicago
Doc Cook dir: Freddie Keppard, Elwood Graham, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl / Joe Poston, Clifford King, cl, as / ? Jerome Pasquall, cl, ts / Kenneth Anderson, p / Robert Shelly, Johnny St. Cyr, bj / Rudolph "Sudie" Reynaud, bb / Bert Greene or Andrew Hilaire, d / v breaks probably by Poston and Noone. Chicago, July 10, 1926.
Freddie Keppard, powerful and improviser cornet player who contributed to evolution from ragtime style to New Orleans style, was very active in the 1910s and made some recordings only in the 1920s:
- ERSKINE TATE'S VENDOME ORCHESTRA (2 in June 1923)
- COOK'S DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (6 in June 1924)
- COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS (4 in June 1926)
- COOK AND HIS DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA (4 in July 1926)
- FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS ( 4 in Sept. 1926, 3 issued).
Certainly his are the solos with GINGERSNAPS and JAZZ CARDINALS.
He played with the orchestras of Erskine Tate (again), Jerome "Don" Pasquall, Lil Hardin and Charles Elgar, as well as leading his own bands, from 1928 to late 1932, when, undermined by alcoholism and tuberculosis, he died in 1933 at 44 years.
Here are 2 tunes with his solos:
00:12 ''Messin' Around'' (Doc Cook-Johnny St. Cyr) - Cookie's Gingersnaps –
v. Noone and Poston -Rec. Chicago June 22, 1926 - Okeh 8390 - Mx. 9768-A,
downloaded from ''Internet Archive'': https://archive.org/details/1920sJazz_201606/Last+Night+On+The+Back+Porch.mp3
Personnel according to Brian Rust:
COOKIE'S GINGERSNAPS:
Freddie Keppard, c / Fred Garland, tb / Jimmie Noone, cl, v / Joe Poston, as, v / Kenneth Anderson, p / Johnny St. Cyr, bj.
03:04 ''Stock yard Strut'' (Jasper Taylor)- Freddie Keppard and His Jazz Cardinals – Rec. Chicago Sept., 1926 Paramount 12399 A – Mx. 2651-1,
downloaded from ''The Syncopated Times'':
https://syncopatedtimes.com/freddie-keppard-and-his-jazz-cardinals/
Personnel according to Brian Rust:
FREDDIE KEPPARD'S JAZZ CARDINALS:
Freddie Keppard, c / Eddie Vincent, tb / Johnny Dodds, cl / Arthur Campbell, p / Jasper Taylor, woodblocks .
NOTE:
There are no photo of New Orleans pianist Arthur Campbell, who played with King Oliver Orchestra at the Big 25 in New Orleans in 1915, in The Armand Piron Society Orchestra at Tranchina's restaurant at Spanish Fort - New Orleans in1918, replaced after few months by Steve Lewis, in 1920s with Freddy Keppar, see:
https://books.google.it/books?id=gKrLT8_qxogC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=Arthur+Campbell,+jazz+piano+player+with+King+Oliver&source=bl&ots=k_fGsvZU2H&sig=ACfU3U3BAsE6tE_ZkWWoBiX_ZRWKSPfnvg&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiCg-XPhuDuAhVGzRoKHcreDycQ6AEwEnoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Campbell%2C%20jazz%20piano%20player%20with%20King%20Oliver&f=false
https://books.google.it/books?id=TQSiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT272&lpg=PT272&dq=Arthur+Campbell+and+Armand+Piron&source=bl&ots=Ubrs84tEx2&sig=ACfU3U3JhOL1-pY2V8ID51zZrVPI_Dgs-A&hl=it&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwimq4_H9t_uAhV1XRUIHXxkAb0Q6AEwDXoECA8QAg#v=onepage&q=Arthur%20Campbell%20and%20Armand%20Piron&f=false
http://basinstreet.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/30-A.J.-PIRON.pdf .
The photographs and the recordings in this video are more then 50 years old. Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "FAIR USE" .
The intent of this video is for non profit Historic Preservation, Education.
FREDDIE KEPPARD WITH JIMMIE NOONE & JOHNNY DODDS
It was undoubtedly one of the best cornets of the New Orleans period and it was characterized by its robust and round sound, its ability to "shoot" very violent notes and to have been able to change its way of playing, acquiring refinement. and melodic control, with the arrival of the new classical Jazz trends.
This great trumpet player took over the formation of Buddy Bolden and became '' King '' in New Orleans up to a memorable musical battle with another cornetist:
Joe Oliver became '' King '' after the legendary battle.
B. February 27, 1889 - (New Orleans, Louisiana)
D. July 15, 1933 - (Chicago, Illinois)
1. The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else
Cook's Dreamland Orchestra: F. Keppard, E. Graham (cn)
F. Garland (tb) - J. Don' Pasquall (ts) - J. Poston (as)
J. Noone, C. King (cl, as) -- A. Spaulding (pn) - J. Bell (vn)
S. Wilson (bj) - B. Newton (bb) - B. Greene (dm) - d. Cook (ldr)
1924 - Richmond
2. Stock Yards Strut
Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals: F. Keppard (cn)
E. Vincent (tb) - J. Dodds (cl) - A Campbell (pn)
J. Taylor (blocks)
1926 - Chicago
Freddie Keppard (sometimes rendered as Freddy Keppard) (February 27, 1889 – July 15, 1933) was an early jazzcornetist who once held the title of "King" in the New Orleans jazz scene. This title was previously held by Buddy Bolden and succeeded by Joe Oliver.
Early life and career in New Orleans
Keppard (pronounced in the French fashion, with relatively even accentuation and a silent d, as opposed to the somewhat harsher English manner which rhymes with “leopard”) was born in the Creole of Color community of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. Born in 1889, Freddie Keppard was Buddy Bolden’s junior by thirteen years and Louis Armstrong’s senior by eleven years. Keppard’s father, Louis Keppard (Sr.), had been a New Orleans man and had worked as a cook in the Vieux Café until his early death. His mother, Emily Peterson Keppard, was from St. James parish. His older brother Louis Keppard was his elder by one year and also became a professional musician later in life. The first tune they learned to play together was called “Just Because She Made Them Goo-Goo Eyes.” Freddie Keppard was raised on Villere Street in New Orleans in a home environment filled with music. His mother first started him on the violin, while his brother Louis first played guitar. When he was still a young boy, he and Louis, who by then had become an aspiring guitarist, would disguise their age from police by putting on long pants before going to Basin Street to shine shoes for a nickel a shine, hoping to get in on the music scene and get advice or even tutelage from their favorite musicians in the District while shoe-shining. As such, Keppard did not receive any formal musical training and may have been a non-reader who, instead of reading arrangements, most likely learned all of his parts by ear and used his powerful and imaginative abilities to improvise parts that were even better.
Freddie Keppard ... " data-original-title title>Freddie Keppard was actually approached in 1915 by Victor, well before the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, to make a record that we would now call jazz but he declined.
HelloReader, ... The IPO is expected to be at $300 million at least ... Think barcodes, miniature shopping carts, and more ... Answer. Jazz went international when Freddie Keppard performed the first-ever jazz concert outside the US in Winnipeg, Canada, in 1914.