Biographie
Naissance	12 septembre 1910; Brooklyn
Décès	23 février 1981 ou 26 février 1981; Los Angeles
Sépulture	Cimetière du mont Hebron (en)
Nationalité	Américain
Activités	Chef de fanfare, chef d'orchestre, clarinettiste, musicien de jazz, saxophoniste
A travaillé pour	Bluebird Records
Instruments	Saxophone, clarinette
Genre artistique	Jazz

Audio externe
	Vous pouvez écouter l'orchestre de Shep Fields en interprétant «In the Merry Month of May» avec l'accordéoniste John Serry Sr. en 1938 Ici(en)

Shep Fields (né le 12 septembre 1910 à Brooklyn, de son vrai nom Saul Feldman, mort le 23 février 1981)^[1] est un musicien américain, chef du big band Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm dans les années 1930^[2]. Il était également saxophoniste et clarinettiste.

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Composition du Big band[modifier | modifier le code]

Sid Greene (1913–2006), batterie c. 1932-1943
Hal Derwin, chant 1940
Larry Neill, chant 1940
Dorothy Allen (1896–1970), chant 1940 ^[3]
Ken Curtis (1916–1991), chant
The Three Beaus and a Peep, chant c. 1947-1948
Bob Johnstone (1916–1994), chant c. 1947-1948
Toni Arden, chant , c. 1945
Bob Shapley, accordéon, c. 1948-1950
Carl Frederick Tandberg (1910–1988), basse, c. 1940 ^[4]
Lou Halmy (1911–2005), trompette, arrangements, c. 1935 ^[5]^,^[6]
Sid Caesar (1922–2014), saxophone, c. 1940 ^[7]^,^[8]
John Serry Sr. (1915–2003), accordéon, 1937–1938 ^[9]
Pat Foy, chant 1941 ^[3]
Lew Harris, arrangements 1940 ^[3]
Earl Kramer, saxophone 1941 ^[3]
John Quara (1925-), Guitare c. 1947-1950

Enregistrements[modifier | modifier le code]

That Old Feeling
The Jersey Bounce
I've Got You Under My Skin
September In The Rain
Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm, 1940, Volumes 1 and 2

Diffusion radio[modifier | modifier le code]

Biltmore Hotel à Los Angeles en septembre 1938 - octobre 1938 avec John Serry Sr. en soliste sur la radio NBC^[10]
Glen Island Casino à New Rochelle le 12 mai 1947 avec Toni Arden, Bob Johnstone, et The Three Beaus and a Peep.
Ice Terrace Room of the New Yorker Hotel le 6 mars 1948 avec Toni Arden, Bob Johnstone, et The Three Beaus and a Peep.

Filmographie[modifier | modifier le code]

Various Soundies (1941-1946)
You Came To My Rescue (1937) de Dave Fleischer
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) - Directeur Mitchell Leisen avec W.C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Bob Hope et The Shep Fields Rippling Rhythm Orchestra^[11]^,^[12].
Kreisler Bandstand (1951) - série télévisée de Perry Lafferty.

Notes et références[modifier | modifier le code]

↑ Big-band leader Shep Fields dies, archives du Chicago Tribune
↑ Shep Fields dies sur The Telegraph
↑ ^{a b c et d} (en) « Shep Fields Makes Decided Hit Here With New Rhythm », Ottawa Citizen,‎ 26 août 1941 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010)
↑ (en) Brian Arthur Lovell Rust, The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942, 1975 (ISBN 0-87000-248-1)
↑ (en) « Musician, arranger Lou Halmy dies at 93 », The Register-Guard,‎ 22 mars 2005 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010) :
« Halmy was born in Budapest, Hungary, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 2. He made his mark as a trumpet player with East Coast outfits including Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, a society band that played on The Woodbury Hour With Bob Hope and in The Big Broadcast of 1938, a film starring Hope, W.C. Fields and Dorothy Lamour. »
↑ (en) « Great Depression a gold mine for musicians », The Register-Guard,‎ 15 février 2002 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010) :
« When trumpet star and jazz arranger Lou Halmy looks back on the Great Depression of the 1930s, it doesn't seem depressing at all. 'I was lucky,' the 91-year-old Eugene musician says. 'I was playing with a band and working all the time. We had a steady job, which was the rarest thing in music.' While many people were standing in bread lines and living in shanty camps, Halmy was inside New York's posh Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, cheering people up by playing his horn in one of the most popular dance bands of the era: Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm ... »
↑ (en) « Sid Caesar », Museum of Broadcast Communications (consulté le 19 mai 2010) : « He studied saxophone at Juilliard, and later played with nationally famous bands (Charlie Spivak, Claude Thornhill, Shep Fields, Art Mooney). »
↑ (en) Patricia Brennan, « Sid Caesar, whose name is s ... », Washington Post,‎ 11 août 2002 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010) :
« Sid Caesar ... He went on to play in a series of big bands, including those of Claude Thornhill, Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields, Art Mooney and Benny Goodman. ... »
↑ (en)The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942 Volume 1. Rust, Brian. Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, New York, USA, 1975, P. 516-517 (ISBN 0-87000-248-1)
↑ The Los Angeles Examiner, October 9, 1938, pg. 1
↑ (en) Stanley Green et Elaine Schmidt, Hollywood musicals year by year, 2000 (ISBN 0-634-00765-3, lire en ligne)

« To justify the movie's title — and the inclusion in the cast of such diverse talents as Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm, ... »
↑ https://imdb.com/name/nm4797232/

(en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Shep Fields » (voir la liste des auteurs).

Liens externes[modifier | modifier le code]

[1] Big-band leader Shep Fields dies, archives du Chicago Tribune

[2] Shep Fields dies sur The Telegraph

[makes-3] {a b c et d} (en) « Shep Fields Makes Decided Hit Here With New Rhythm », Ottawa Citizen,‎ 26 août 1941 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010)

[rust-4] (en) Brian Arthur Lovell Rust, The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942, 1975 (ISBN 0-87000-248-1)

[budapest-5] (en) « Musician, arranger Lou Halmy dies at 93 », The Register-Guard,‎ 22 mars 2005 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010) :
« Halmy was born in Budapest, Hungary, and his family immigrated to the United States when he was 2. He made his mark as a trumpet player with East Coast outfits including Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra, a society band that played on The Woodbury Hour With Bob Hope and in The Big Broadcast of 1938, a film starring Hope, W.C. Fields and Dorothy Lamour. »

[6] (en) « Great Depression a gold mine for musicians », The Register-Guard,‎ 15 février 2002 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010) :
« When trumpet star and jazz arranger Lou Halmy looks back on the Great Depression of the 1930s, it doesn't seem depressing at all. 'I was lucky,' the 91-year-old Eugene musician says. 'I was playing with a band and working all the time. We had a steady job, which was the rarest thing in music.' While many people were standing in bread lines and living in shanty camps, Halmy was inside New York's posh Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, cheering people up by playing his horn in one of the most popular dance bands of the era: Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm ... »

[7] (en) « Sid Caesar », Museum of Broadcast Communications (consulté le 19 mai 2010) : « He studied saxophone at Juilliard, and later played with nationally famous bands (Charlie Spivak, Claude Thornhill, Shep Fields, Art Mooney). »

[8] (en) Patricia Brennan, « Sid Caesar, whose name is s ... », Washington Post,‎ 11 août 2002 (lire en ligne, consulté le 16 mai 2010) :
« Sid Caesar ... He went on to play in a series of big bands, including those of Claude Thornhill, Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields, Art Mooney and Benny Goodman. ... »

[9] (en)The American Dance Band Discography 1917-1942 Volume 1. Rust, Brian. Arlington House Publishers, New Rochelle, New York, USA, 1975, P. 516-517 (ISBN 0-87000-248-1)

[10] The Los Angeles Examiner, October 9, 1938, pg. 1

[big-11] (en) Stanley Green et Elaine Schmidt, Hollywood musicals year by year, 2000 (ISBN 0-634-00765-3, lire en ligne)

« To justify the movie's title — and the inclusion in the cast of such diverse talents as Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm, ... »

[12] ttps://imdb.com/name/nm4797232/

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Naissance	12 septembre 1910 Brooklyn
Décès	23 février 1981 ou 26 février 1981 Los Angeles
Sépulture	Cimetière du mont Hebron (en)
Nationalité	Américain
Activités	Chef de fanfare, chef d'orchestre, clarinettiste, musicien de jazz, saxophoniste