James bubber miley trumpet growling

          James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, – May 20, ) was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute....

          Largely developed the growling "jungle sound" that made Duke Ellington's early orchestra so distinctive.

        1. Largely developed the growling "jungle sound" that made Duke Ellington's early orchestra so distinctive.
        2. Bubber Miley's hot trumpet was featured - growling and moaning - on the nightly broadcasts of Duke Ellington's Washingtonians from the.
        3. James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, – May 20, ) was an American early jazz trumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute.
        4. Bubber Miley (April 3, – May 20, ) was the master of the plunger mute.
        5. He modeled his sound — blacker than before — on Bubber Miley's growling trumpet.

          6. James "Bubber" Miley

          American jazz trumpet and cornet player, composer

          Musical artist

          James Wesley "Bubber" Miley (April 3, 1903 – May 20, 1932)[1] was an American early jazztrumpet and cornet player, specializing in the use of the plunger mute.[2]

          Early life (1903–1923)

          Miley was born in Aiken, South Carolina, United States,[1] into a musical family.

          At the age of six, he and his family moved to New York City where, as a child, he occasionally sang for money on the streets, and later, at the age of 14, studied to play the trombone and cornet.

          In 1920, after having served in the Navy for 18 months, he joined a jazz formation named the Carolina Five, and remained a member for the next three years, playing small clubs and boat rides all around New York City.

          After leaving the band at the age of 19, Miley briefly toured the Southern States with a show titled The Sunny South, and then joined Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds, replacing trumpete