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Alex Hill (19 Apr 1906 - 01 Feb 1937)

Male Person - United States 20th century US jazz pianist

 Also known as (4)

Releases (1)

Official

Single

  1. Stompin’ ’em Down / Tack Head Blues Jun 1929

Relationships (8)

Teachers

  1. Fats Waller

Member Of

  1. Famous Hokum Boys
  2. Alex Hill & His Orchestra
  3. Paul Howard’s Quality Serenaders
  4. Jimmy Wade & His Dixielanders
  5. Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra
  6. Hokum Boys
  7. Earl Hines and His Orchestra

Recordings by (5)

  1. Stompin’ ’em Down ?:?? (Jun 1929)
  2. Tack Head Blues ?:?? (Jun 1929)
  3. Stompinh' 'em Down 2:35 (11 Sep 2006)
  4. Chill Bird Trove 4:21 (24 Apr 2020)
  5. Stompin' 'em Down ?:?? ()

On Recordings (49)

Arranged

  1. Beau Koo Jack 3:02 Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five (Apr 1929)
  2. Home Cooking 2:54 Eddie Condon and His Orchestra (1981)
  3. Beau-Koo Jack (Alt Tk -1) (E) 2:50 Earl Hines (2012)
  4. Sweet Ella May (C) 2:44 Earl Hines (2012)
  5. Have You Ever Felt That Way? (D) 3:04 Earl Hines (2012)
  6. Sweet Ella May (Alt Tk -2) (C) 2:36 Earl Hines (2012)
  7. Sister Kate (Alt Tk -1) (E) 3:06 Earl Hines (2012)
  8. Everybody Loves My Baby (Alt Tk -2) (C) 3:20 Earl Hines (2012)
  9. Sister Kate (E) 3:07 Earl Hines (2012)
  10. Everybody Loves My Baby (Alt Tk -1) (C) 3:12 Earl Hines (2012)
  11. Beau-Koo Jack (E) 2:49 Earl Hines (2012)
  12. Good Little, Bad Little You (Alt Tk -2) (D) 2:35 Earl Hines (2012)
  13. Sister Kate (Alt Tk -2) (E) 3:04 Earl Hines (2012)
  14. Good Little, Bad Little You (D) 2:35 Earl Hines (2012)

Instruments

  1. Tennessee Twilight 3:03 Eddie Condon and His Orchestra (1981) piano
  2. Home Cooking 2:54 Eddie Condon and His Orchestra (1981) piano
  3. Madame Dynamite 2:57 Eddie Condon and His Orchestra (1981) piano
  4. Wake Up! Chill'Un, Wake Up! 3:25 Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra (1991) piano
  5. St. Louis Blues 3:35 Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra (1991) piano
  6. Rolling Mill Stomp (take 2) 3:10 State Street Stompers (1991) piano
  7. Rolling Mill Stomp (take 1) 3:12 State Street Stompers (1991) piano
  8. Panama Blues 3:12 State Street Stompers (1991) piano
  9. I Must Have That Man 3:05 Jimmie Noone’s Apex Club Orchestra (1992) piano
  10. Boston Skuffle 2:53 Jabbo Smith’s Rhythm Aces (1992) piano
  11. I'm Havin' My Fun (take 3) 3:00 Ikey Robinson (1994) piano
  12. Crying My Blues Away 3:22 Albert Wynne & His Gut Bucket Five (1994) piano
  13. You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey 3:18 Ikey Robinson (1994) piano
  14. Mississippi Wobble 3:02 Jimmy Wade & His Dixielanders (1994) piano
  15. He Wouldn't Stop Doing It (take 1) 3:14 Ikey Robinson (1994) piano
  16. Gates Blues 3:24 Jimmy Wade & His Dixielanders (1994) piano
  17. I'm Havin' My Fun (take 1) 3:10 Ikey Robinson (1994) piano
  18. Parkway Stomp 2:41 Albert Wynne & His Gut Bucket Five (1994) piano
  19. He Wouldn't Stop Doing It (take 3) 2:51 Ikey Robinson (1994) piano
  20. You're Getting Old on Your Job 3:14 Clara Smith & Tommy Jordan (1995) piano
  21. He Wouldn't Stop Doin' It 3:00 Clarence Williams and His Novelty Four (1995) piano
  22. You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey When You Get Old 3:07 Clarence Williams and His Novelty Four (1995) piano
  23. What Makes You Act Like That 3:06 Clara Smith & Tommy Jordan (1995) piano
  24. You Had Too Much 3:21 Clara Smith & Tommy Jordan (1995) piano
  25. Don't Wear It Out 3:17 Clara Smith & Tommy Jordan (1995) piano
  26. Belmont Overture (from "Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse") 3:41 Josué Ferreira de Oliveira (18 Feb 2019) tuba
  27. Tennessee Twilight 3:00 Chicago Rhythm Kings () piano
  28. Parkway Stomp 2:42 Wynn’s Creole Jazz Band () piano

Vocals

  1. Panama Blues 3:12 State Street Stompers (1991) spoken vocals
  2. Let’s Have a Jubilee 2:47 Alex Hill & His Orchestra (1993)
  3. He Wouldn't Stop Doing It (take 3) 2:51 Ikey Robinson (1994)
  4. I'm Havin' My Fun (take 1) 3:10 Ikey Robinson (1994)
  5. You're Bound to Look Like a Monkey 3:18 Ikey Robinson (1994)
  6. He Wouldn't Stop Doing It (take 1) 3:14 Ikey Robinson (1994)
  7. I'm Havin' My Fun (take 3) 3:00 Ikey Robinson (1994)

Credited as (4)

  1. Alex Hill
  2. Alex Hill & Albert Wynn
  3. Alex Hill & Fats Waller
  4. Ernest Miller & Alex Hill

Works (18)

Wrote

  1. I'd Do Most Anything for You
  2. Long About Midnight
  3. Our Love Was Meant to Be
  4. My Sweet Harmony Man
  5. My Right Hand Man
  6. A Cooking Lesson
  7. Sell Your Proposition While It's Hot
  8. Jungle Dancing
  9. Shout, Sister, Shout

Composed

  1. I Would Do Anything for You
  2. Armful o’ Sweetness
  3. Baby Brown
  4. If I Can’t Sell It, I’ll Keep Sittin’ on It
  5. Tennessee Twilight
  6. Beau Koo Jack

Lyrics

  1. Armful o’ Sweetness
  2. Baby Brown
  3. I’m Crazy ’bout My Baby (and My Baby’s Crazy ’bout Me)

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/104820
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1112763139
  3. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=11855
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85034822
  5. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85034822
  6. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w67s9z6m

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/2102103

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/638174

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000614313

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/62968235

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2641352

Biographies

  1. http://www.redhotjazz.com/alexhill.html