Wesley Prince

Nat Cole with Oscar Moore and Wesley Prince (right) 1946. Photo: William P. Gottlieb

Clarence Wesley "Wes" Prince (April 8 1907 - 30 October 1980[1]) was an American Jazz and R&B musician. He played the double bass.

Life and work

Prince was born in Pasadena, Los Angeles County. His father was a preacher, [2] his brother was the jazz musician Henry Prince (who played in Les Hite) and he was a cousin of the R&B musician Peppy Prince.

Between 1938 and 1941, he played in a trio of the pianist and singer Nat King Cole with Oscar Moore. In addition, he participated in recordings of Louis Armstrong (1936) and King Perry (1946). Under his own name, he played several tracks for Excelsior Records.[1] In the field of jazz, he was involved 1936-1946 to 29 recording sessions.[3]

For Nate Cole, he wrote in 1940 the song "Gone with the Draft", the Gone with the then-popular Hollywood film Gone with the Wind as well as alluding to the fact that Cole escaped military service because of his flat feet of convocation. In August 1942, Wesley was drafted for military service [4] In later years, he worked in the aviation industry.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc:. Blues: A Regional Experience , 2013, p 408
  2. ↑ Klaus Teubig; Straighten Up and Fly Right: A Chronology and Discography . 1994
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 10, 2015)
  4. ↑ Guido van Rijn:. Roosevelt's Blues: African-American Blues and Gospel 1995 page 147
  5. ↑ Jazz Times in December 1994

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