Wingy Manone
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Born Joseph Matthews Mannone in New Orleans on 13 February 1900, trumpeter and vocalist, Wingy Manone, personifies classic jazz in the Dixieland tradition as it transitioned from the Roaring Twenties into swing. Wingy got his name due to losing an arm during a streetcar accident at age ten. This rude initiation to life which he challenged with a missing arm tied behind his back resulted in a prosthesis which one hardly noticed from a distance during performances.
Manone made his debut recordings per Tom Lord's sessionography circa November 29, 1924, performing on cornet with the Arcadian Serenaders: 'San Sue Strut' (Okeh 40378), 'Who Can Your Regular Be, Blues' (Okeh 40440), 'Bobbed Hair Bobbie (Bobbie Be Mine)' (Okeh 40378) and 'Fidgety Feet' (Okeh 40272).
'Bobbed Haired Bobbie (Bobbie Me Mine)' Arcadian Serenaders
From Manone's 1st recording session on 29 Nov 1924 in Saint Louis Okeh 40378
Cornet: Wingy Manone Trombone: Avery Loposer
Clarinet / alto sax: Cliff Holman Piano: Johnny Riddick
Banjo: Slim Hall Drums: Felix Guarino Vocal: Chick Harvey
Composition: Jack Ford / Eddie Ward
In 1925 Manone formed the San Sue Strutters with which he made his initial recordings as a band leader. Though several tracks with the Strutters went down in Chicago in November, only 'Mother Me, Tennessee' has seen issue circa 2005 on Jazz Oracle BDW 8047.
'Mother Me, Tennessee' Wingy Manone's first recording as a bandleader
San Sue Strutters in Nov 1925 in Chicago
Unissued until 2005 on Canadian Jazz Oracle BDW 8047 CD
Cornet: Wingy Manone Trombone: Jerry Bump
Clarinet / alto sax: George Harper Piano: Paulie Freed
Banjo: Len Esterdahl Tuba: Min Leibrook Drums: Earl McDowell
Composition: Phil Charig
Manone laid tracks with his Harmony Kings in April 1927 before recording with Red Nichols' Red Heads in September. Come his Club Royale Orchestra in 1928 before a session with Benny Goodman's Boys in August of 1929. Manone put together his Cellar Boys in early 1930, then Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs before contributing to tracks by Red Nichols' Five Pennies in December of 1930.
'Downright Disgusted Blues' sung by Wingy Manone w his Club Royale Orchestra
4 Sep 1928 in Chicago Vocalion 15728 / Decca DL79231
Cornet: Wingy Manone Clarinet: Wade Foster Tenor sax: Bud Freeman
Piano: Jack Gardner Drums: Gene Krupa
Composition: Bud Freeman / Terry Shand / Wingy Manone
'Big Butter and Egg Man' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
19 Sep 1928 in Richmond IN Champion 16192
"Big butter and egg man" and "moneybags" mean the same.
Composition: Percy Venable
Manone recorded numerously with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings in 1934. Issuing nearly two hundred recordings in his own name during his career, Manone's best-selling was 'Please Believe Me' in 1936. As a jazz master Manone's wasn't a situation in which popularity charts were especially relevant, though this title reached #5 on Billboard's Hot 100.
'Swing Brother Swing' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
15 Jan 1935 in NYC OKeh 41573
Trumpet: Wingy Manone Clarinet: Matty Matlock Tenor sax: Eddie Miller
Piano: Gil Bowers Guitar: Nappy Lamare
String bass: Harry Goodman Drums: Ray Bauduc
Composition: Walter Bishop / Clarence Williams / Lewis Raymond
'Isle of Capri' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
8 March 1935 in NYC Vocalion 2913
Trumpet: Wingy Manone Clarinet: Matty Matlock Tenor sax: Eddie Miller
Piano: Gil Bowers Guitar: Nappy Lamare
String bass: Harry Goodman Drums: Ray Bauduc
Composition: Jimmy Kennedy / Will Grosz
'Black Coffee' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
27 May 1935 in NYC Vocalion 2963
Composition: Al Hoffman / Maurice Sigler / Al Goodhart
'I've Got My Fingers Crossed' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
18 Dec 1935 in NYC Vocalion 3135
Trumpet: Wingy Manone Clarinet: Joe Marsala
Piano: Gil Bowers Guitar: Carmen Mastren
String bass: Sid Weiss Drums: Ray Bauduc
Composition: Ted Koehler / Jimmy McHugh
'Please Believe Me' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
28 Jan 1936 in NYC Vocalion 3159
Composition: Larry Yoell / Al Jacobs
'When the Saints Come Marchin' In' sung by Wingy Manone w his Mardi Gras Band
Film sometime 1943 Composition: Wikipedia
Manone's autobiography, 'Trumpet on the Wing', was published in 1948 long before his retirement from the music industry, for Manone recorded to as late as 24 May of 1975 in Milan toward the album, 'Jazz from Italy', with guitarist, Lino Patruno, and the Milan College Jazz Society. The performance(s) further below in Nice a couple months later verily represents jazz defined as the extemporaneous solo.
'Tailgate Ramble' sung by Wingy Manone w his Orchestra
Film sometime 1964 Composition: Wingy Manone / Johnny Mercer
'When You're Smiling' sung by Wingy Manone w Papa Bue's Viking Jazzband Film
Copenhagen Jazz Festival 7 Dec 1967
Trumpet: Wingy Manone Trombone: Arne Bue Jensen Clarinet: Jørgen Svare
Piano: Jørn "Jønne" Jensen String bass: Jens Sølund Drums: Knud Ryskov Madsen
Composition: Larry Shay / Mark Fisher / Joe Goodwin 1928
'Sweet Georgia Brown' Wingy Manone at La Grande Parade du Jazz
Filmed 21 July 1975 in Nice by Jean Averty
Featuring:
Piano: Art Hodes
Trumpet: Alain Bouchet / Pee Wee Erwin / Dick Sudhalter / Bobby Hackett / Wingy Manone
Trombone: Vic Dickenson / Eddie Hubble / Spiegel Willcox
Clarinet: Maxim Saury / Herb Hall / Barney Bigard Alto sax: Bob Wilber
Music: Ben Bernie / Maceo Pinkard Lyrics: Kenneth Casey 1925
Wingy Manone w the Climax Jazz Band in Toronto in 1976 Film
Manone died on 9 July 1982 in Las Vegas, where he had lived since 1954. His son, Joseph Malone II, was a musician, as well as his grandson, Jimmy Malone [interview].
Sources & References for Wingy Manone:
VF History (notes)
(All Music)Manone in Film: IMDb
Recordings: Catalogs:
45 Worlds Discogs Music Brainz RYM
Recordings: Sessions:
Scott Alexander (Red Hot Jazz):
Barbecue Joe and His Hot Dogs (1930)
Manone and His Cellar Boys (1930)
Manone and His Club Royale Orchestra (1928)
Manone and His Harmony Kings (1927)
Manone and His Orchestra (1934-49)
Discography of American Historical Recordings:
Manone (1924-57) Manone and His Orchestra (1927-41)
Tom Lord: leading 83 of 113 sessions 1924-75
Brian Rust (Jazz Records, 1917–1934 / 1925-34)
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