DALLAS BARTLEY

 

Dallas E. Bartley (* 15. September 1916 in Cave Springs ; † 22. November 1979 ) was an American rhythm and blues and jazz - bassist , bandleader and composer .

Life

Bartley attended schools in Springfield, Missouri , most recently Lincoln High School, and learned violin, guitar and piano. Until he graduated from school in 1935, he played in the school band The Lincolnites . In 1938 he moved to Chicago and worked as a bassist and composer, first with Tommy Rigsby and King Kolax , then with Earl Hines , Cab Calloway and Duke Ellington . In 1940 he became a member of Louis Jordan and The Tympany Five, for which he wrote Small Town Boy and participated in Early in the Morning . In 1943 he left Jordan's band and formed the Small Town Boys formation, with whom he recorded songs such as The Band That Really Comes On , Cryin 'and Singin' the Blues and All Ruzzit-Buzzit for the Coral (September 1944), Cosmo (1946) and National (1947) labels, including a cover version of WC Cell Phones St. Louis Blues with R&B singer Annie Laurie . With his band he took part in various soundies in 1945 . a. also in the New York Apollo Theater and went on numerous tours before he finally returned to his hometown in 1969. Bartley had already begun courses in music theory in the 1950sto keep in the state of Missouri. He was a co-founder of the Springfield Jazz Society and an agent for the local music union.