Chelsea Quealey
Chelsea Ellsworth Quealey (March 12, 1905 in Sandy Hook, Connecticut – May 6, 1950 in Las Vegas, Nevada) was an American jazz trumpeter. Quealey began as a reedist but eventually settled on trumpet, playing with Jan Garber in 1925 and the California Ramblers in 1926-27. Between 1927 and 1929 he played in England, on recordings with Fred Elizalde and also in Bert Firman's band. Upon his return to the U.S. he worked with Don Voorhees, Paul Whiteman, and Ben Pollack in the early 1930s, and later in the decade with Isham Jones (1935–36), Red McKenzie, Joe Marsala, Frankie Trumbauer (1937), and Bob Zurke (1939-40). In the early and middle 1940s he played Dixieland jazz at Nick's in New York City. In 1946 he moved to California, where he essentially retired due to heart problems. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 12, 1905 (Sandy Hook), Died May 6, 1950 (Las Vegas)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: trumpet
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 53 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 38525 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | Rock your blues away | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 38526 | 10-in. | 9/4/1934 | My melancholy baby | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 38834 | 10-in. | 10/11/1934 | Why am I blue? | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 38835 | 10-in. | 10/11/1934 | Be still, my heart! | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 39152 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | Square dance | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 39153 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | Believe it, beloved | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 39154 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | The waltz of love | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 39155 | 10-in. | 12/6/1934 | There's no harm in wishin' | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60124 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | Don't mention love to me | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60125 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | If I should lose you | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60126 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | Darling | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60127 | 10-in. | 10/30/1935 | Thunder over paradise | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60429 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Life begins when ycu're in love | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60430 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | (There is) No greater love | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60431 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Ev'ry time I look at you | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60432 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Stompin' at the Savoy | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60433 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | The day I let you get away | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60434 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | That never-to-be-forgotten night | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60435 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Let me sing my love song to you | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60436 | 10-in. | 2/3/1936 | Saddle your blues to a wild mustang | Isham Jones Orchestra | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60928 | 10-in. | 3/25/1936 | Home cookin' | Isham Jones' Juniors | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60929 | 10-in. | 3/25/1936 | I've had the blues so long | Isham Jones' Juniors | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60930 | 10-in. | 3/25/1936 | Slappin' the bass | Isham Jones' Juniors | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60931 | 10-in. | 3/25/1936 | Nola | Isham Jones' Juniors | instrumentalist, trumpet | ||
Decca | 60962 | 10-in. | 3/31/1936 | Hollow hole in the ground | Isham Jones' Juniors | instrumentalist, trumpet |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Quealey, Chelsea," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/338685.
Quealey, Chelsea. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/338685.
"Quealey, Chelsea." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Quealey, Chelsea, 1905-1950 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2005102259
Wikidata: Chelsea Quealey - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5090128
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/53890625
MusicBrainz: Chelsea Quealey - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f9a1fe70-3916-4000-bb95-d5467ea5be35
ISNI: 0000 0000 4420 1358 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000044201358
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