Marshal Royal

Jazz Survivor

Marshal Royal, Claire P. Gordon

• Publisher: Continuum
• Year: 2001
• Print ISBN:
  9780304338368
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781441180698
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Popular Culture
• Index: Social Sciences

Marsgal Royal was a core member of the Count Basei Orchestra for twenty years during its resurgence in the 1950s and 1960s. Before that, he was a pioneer of jazz on the West Coast, playing with many bands in and around Los Angeles. A child prodigy of both the violin and saxophone, Royal was literally born on the road as his musician parents made their way West. Royal shares his experiences with Les Hite's band at Sebastian's New Cotton Club, where 's Orchestra after a wartime career in U.S. Navy bands. After leaving Hampton, Royal made countless recordings as a freelancer before joining Basie, where he was responsible for rehearsing the Orchestra. Later, he became internationally known as a soloist while continuing his prolific recording career. His brother, Ernie, who was a star trumpeter in the bands of Woody Herman and Stan Kenton, is also profiled. Claire P. Gordon is the editor of Rex Stewart's memoir, Boy Meets Horn, and of Stewart's other collections of writings. She lives on the West Coast and has a long-term interest in the oral history of jazz.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Editor's Note
• 1 The Family
• 2 I Go To Work
• 3 Around Los Angeles
• 4 The Cotton Club
• 5 I Am The Father Of The Family
• 6 With Lionel
• 7 The Navy And After
• 8 With Count Basic
• 9 The Birdland Years
• 10 More Basie Years
• 11 The Years After Basie
• Recording Chronology
• Index