Louis King Garcia
Louis "King" Garcia (August 25, 1905 – September 4, 1983) was a Puerto Rican jazz trumpeter who spent most of his career in the United States. Garcia played early in his life in the Municipal Band of San Juan, whose director was Juan Tizol's uncle, Manuel Tizol. He moved to the U.S. early in the 1920s, where he played with the Original Dixieland Jazz Band and Emil Coleman. In the 1930s he did work in the studios, including his most important association, which was with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey. He recorded with the bandleaders both together and separately. He also played with Vic Berton (1935), Richard Himber, Nat Brandwyne, Amanda Randolph, and Louis Prima (1939). In the 1940s he returned to play with Coleman again, and led his own Latin ensemble that decade. By the 1960s he had moved to California and essentially retired due to failing health. |
Birth and Death Data: Born August 25, 1905 (Puerto Rico), Died September 4, 1983
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-99724 | 10-in. | 2/28/1936 | It's great to be in love again | Don Darcy ; Louis King Garcia Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Victor | BS-99725 | 10-in. | 2/28/1936 | Christopher Columbus | Don Darcy ; Louis King Garcia Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Victor | BS-99726 | 10-in. | 2/28/1936 | Swing, Mr. Charlie | Don Darcy ; Louis King Garcia Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Victor | BS-99727 | 10-in. | 2/28/1936 | There is no greater love | Don Darcy ; Louis King Garcia Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
Victor | BS-99728 | 10-in. | 2/28/1936 | Love is like a cigarette | Don Darcy ; Louis King Garcia Swing Band | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Garcia, Louis King," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/114097.
Garcia, Louis King. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/114097.
"Garcia, Louis King." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Garcia, Louis King - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008057383
Wikidata: Louis Garcia - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1531743
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/34264431
MusicBrainz: Louis Garcia - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e91cee8-d7db-4283-82ce-282b05b17146
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