Ernest Hill
Ernest "Bass" Hill (March 14, 1900, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – September 16, 1964, New York City) was an American jazz double-bassist. Hill played from 1924 with Claude Hopkins, and remained with him on a tour of Europe with Josephine Baker the following year. Hill and Hopkins collaborated numerous times over the next few years and again in the 1940s. In 1928 he played with Leroy Smith & His Orchestra and Bill Brown & His Brownies, and worked in the Eugene Kennedy Orchestra the next year. In the 1930s he played with Willie Bryant, Bobby Martin's Cotton Club Serenaders, Benny Carter, Chick Webb, and Rex Stewart. Hill was in Europe in the late 1930s when he fled to Switzerland at the outbreak of World War II. There he played with Mac Strittmacher before returning to the United States in 1940. In that year, he recorded with Eddie South and Hot Lips Page. Following this he played with Maurice Hubbard, Hopkins again, Zutty Singleton, Louis Armstrong (1943), Cliff Jackson, Herbie Cowens, and Minto Kato. In 1949 he returned to Europe, where he played in Switzerland and Italy with Bill Coleman and then in Germany with Big Boy Goudie until 1952. Upon his return to the US he worked in New York City with Happy Caldwell, Henry Morrison, and Wesley Fagan. He worked in the musicians' union in the last decade of his life. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 14, 1900 (Pittsburgh), Died September 16, 1964 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: string bass
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-99972 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | It is true what they say about Dixie? | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-99973 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | All my life | Taft Jordan ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-99974 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | The right somebody to love | Jack Butler ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-99975 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | The glory of love | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-99976 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Ride, red, ride | Willie Bryant ; Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-99977 | 10-in. | 4/9/1936 | Moonrise on the lowlands | Willie Bryant Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-058149 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Thirsty mama blues | Hot Lips Page Trio ; Hot Lips Page | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-058150 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Just another woman | Hot Lips Page Trio ; Hot Lips Page | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-058151 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | My fightin' gal | Hot Lips Page Trio ; Hot Lips Page | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-058152 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Evil man's blues | Teddy Bunn ; Hot Lips Page Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, string bass | |
Victor | BS-058153 | 10-in. | 12/10/1940 | Do it, if you wanna | Hot Lips Page Trio | Instrumental trio | instrumentalist, string bass |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Hill, Ernest," accessed November 12, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112736.
Hill, Ernest. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 12, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/112736.
"Hill, Ernest." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 12 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Hill, Ernest - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005054036
Wikidata: Ernest "Bass" Hill - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5393267
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/44488049
MusicBrainz: Ernest "Bass" Hill - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e2b467c1-0573-4e9b-8c59-b795899d60f2
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