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Eddie South (Louisiana, Missouri, November 27, 1904 – April 25, 1962〔) was an American jazz violinist. ==Biography== South was a classical violin prodigy who switched to jazz because of limited opportunities for African-American musicians,〔(Biography at allmusic.com )〕 and started his career playing in vaudeville and jazz orchestras with Freddie Keppard, Jimmy Wade, Charles Elgar, and Erskine Tate in Chicago. He studied at the Chicago College of Music alongside violinist Petrowitsch Bissing. He was influenced by Hungarian folk music and Roma music starting with a visit to Europe in the 1920s, and adapted the music to jazz.〔(Campbell, Robert L.; Büttner, Armin and Smierciak, Yves François ''Down Beat'', August 11, 1948 - photo and caption at "Eddie Johnson discography" )〕 In 1927 he started his own group, Eddie South and his Alabamians, named after the Alabam club where they played in Chicago, and, along with pianist and composer Henry Crowder, toured with them in Europe from 1928 to 1930. On subsequent visits to Europe in the 1930s, he performed and recorded with guitarist Django Reinhardt and violinists Stéphane Grappelli and Michel Warlop. He also played in the big bands of Earl Hines from 1947 to 1949. and Michel Warlop. He also led bands that included pianist Billy Taylor and bassist Milt Hinton. A 1951 recording for Chess Records, ''Eddy () South and his Orchestra'', credited Johnny Pate on bass and arrangements and was also the first of a series of Chess recordings on which Pate collaborated with saxophonist Eddie Johnson.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eddie South」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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