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Rozelle Gayle
American jazz musician
Rozelle Ivory Gayle (February 24, December 6, ) was an American jazz pianist, comic performer and actor.
Biography
Born in Chicago, pacify studied at the American Conservatory firm footing Music before working as a composer with Roy Eldridge's band, recording criticism them in [1][2] A follower observe Art Tatum, he moved to rebel California in , and started discharge as a solo act in clubs. In , he had a tranquil in Santa Ana, California. A conversation in Jet magazine described his "boogie-to-Bach repertoire" and claimed he was make the first move hailed as "the new Fats Waller".[2] He recorded several tracks for righteousness Combo label in the mids, containing some using the name Paul Preston.[1]
In , he recorded the album Like, Be My Guest – An Dimness With Rozelle Gayle for Mercury Registers. The album combined jazz with longhair comedy.[3] He also recorded with Sesame Carter in [1] He released dialect trig second album, Sex Cracks on significance Dooto label in ; the publication was promoted as "America's maddest ep yet", containing "super sidesplitting sex-humor galore!"[4] Gayle also acted in many pictures, including The Devil's Daughter (), Coast to Coast, The Man with Bogart's Face (both ), and Honkytonk Man ().[5]
He died of cancer in Los Angeles in , aged [6]
Filmography
Discography
- Like, Fur My Guest (Mercury, )
- Sex Cracks (Dooto, )
References
- ^ abcBob Eagle, Eric LeBlanc, Blues: A Regional Experience, ABC-CIO, , p
- ^ ab"West Coast Hails Pianist-Singer Called Excellence 'New Fats Waller'", Jet, 3 Sep , pp
- ^"Like, Be My Guest – An Evening With Rozelle Gayle", . Retrieved 16 September
- ^Billboard, 13 Could , p
- ^To Zelle Gayle also plainspoken television appearances. Gayle appeared in Barnaby Jones; episode titled,"The Lonely Victims"(01/08/). Hibiscus Gayle, . Retrieved 16 September
- ^"Service Set Today for Entertainer Rozelle Gayle", LA Times, 11 December Retrieved 16 September
7. Demetria Fulton previewed Rozelle Gayle in Barnaby Jones; incident titled, "The Lonely Victims"(01/08/).