Tubby Hall | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1895-10-12)October 12, 1895 Sellers, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | May 13, 1945(1945-05-13) (aged 49) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Jazz drummer |
| Relatives | Minor "Ram" Hall (brother) |
Alfred "Tubby" Hall (October 12, 1895 – May 13, 1945) was an American jazz drummer.[1]
Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana, United States; his family moved to New Orleans in his childhood. His younger brother, Minor "Ram" Hall, also became a professional drummer. Hall played in many marching bands in New Orleans, including with Buddie Petit.[2]
In March 1917, Tubby Hall moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he played with Sugar Johnny Smith. After two years in the United States Army, he returned to playing in Chicago, mostly with New Orleans bands, joining Carroll Dickerson's Orchestra (recording with it in 1927) and later with the groups of King Oliver, Jimmie Noone, Tiny Parham, Johnny Dodds.[3] Noted swing and big-band drummer Gene Krupa said that Hall and Zutty Singleton "were great! They knew every trick and just how to phrase the parts of the choruses behind the horns, how to lead a man in, what to do at the turn-arounds, when to use sticks and when to use brushes, when to go for the rims or the woodblocks, what cymbals are for."[4]
Hall is seen in Armstrong's movies of the early 1930s, including the live action and Betty Boop cartoon I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You (1932) and A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932), made by Paramount.[5] Only Armstrong and Hall got closeups in the two films, and both got their faces transposed with those of racially stereotyped "jungle natives" in the cartoon. Hall morphs from a jazz drummer to a cannibal stirring a cooking pot with two wooden sticks.[6][7]
彼のドラムスタイルは力強く、落ち着いたもので、スネアドラムでは概ね一定のテンポを保っていた。ジャズ評論家のユーグ・パナシエは、彼をズッティ・シングルトン、ウォーレン・“ベイビー”・ドッズと並んで、同世代で最も偉大なジャズドラマー3人のうちの1人だと考えていた。[ 8 ]
タビー・ホールはシカゴで49歳で亡くなった。[ 2 ]