Bill Benford
Bill Benford | |
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Born | c. 1902 |
Occupation | jazz musician |
Relatives | Tommy Benford (brother) |
Bill Benford (c. 1902 – before 1994)[1] was an American jazz double-bassist and tubist. He was born in Charleston, West Virginia.
Benford was the brother of drummer Tommy Benford. He, like his brother, was a member of the Jenkins Orphanage band in South Carolina as a child, touring with the band in 1915 in the United States and Europe. While Tommy worked out of Europe for much of this time, Bill worked in America, playing with Bubber Miley, , Elmer Snowden, the , the , Thomas Morris & His Seven Hot Babies, Ethel Waters, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and Jelly Roll Morton. His last recordings date from circa 1930.
References[]
- Eugene Chadbourne, Bill Benford at Allmusic
- Brian Peerless, "Bill Benford". Grove Jazz online.
Categories:
- American jazz double-bassists
- Male double-bassists
- American jazz tubists
- American male jazz musicians
- Musicians from South Carolina
- 20th-century deaths
- American jazz musician stubs