Milt hinton biography

Milt Hinton (born June 23, 1910, Vicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.—died December 19, 2000, Jamaica, Queens, New York) was an.
Milton John Hinton (June 23, 1910 – December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer.
Milton John „Milt” Hinton, ps.

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Milton John "Milt" Hinton (June 23, 1910–December 19, 2000) was an American double bassist and photographer. Hinton was born in Vicksburg, MS but moved with his extended family to Chicago, IL in 1919.

He graduated from Wendell Phillips High School, where he played violin in the school orchestra and peck horn in the school’s ROTC marching band that was directed by Major N. Clark Smith. Hinton began his professional career playing tuba and double bass for Tiny Parham, Eddie South, and other Chicago-based musicians, and he joined the Cab Calloway Orchestra in 1936, where he played an integral role for the next 15 years.

In the early 1950s, after a brief stint in the Louis Armstrong All-Stars, Hinton transitioned to studio work in New York City, which would remain his focus through the early 1970s. He would regularly play three-hour studio sessions three times per day, recording with musicians from across the stylistic spectrum. In the late 1960s, Hinton went back on the road as a sideman for musicians including Paul Anka, Barbra Streisand, Pearl Bailey, and Bing

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Milt Hinton's career spanned the gamut of jazz generations, working from the early swing days of the 1930s with Cab Calloway through the end of the millennium with the new guard of jazz, such as Branford Marsalis and Christian McBride. His ability to make a contribution in any setting allowed for his vast array of work. As a soloist, Hinton, nicknamed "The Judge," was adept at the early bass tradition of slapping the strings. In addition to his love of music, Hinton was a perceptive and widely exhibited photographer. Much of the history of jazz can be found in his photographs, which were published in several magazines and in two extraordinary coffee-table books.

Like many African-American families in the early part of the 20th century, Hinton's family migrated north from Mississippi to Chicago, where he was raised. His mother was a church musician, playing organ and piano, and directing the choir. She bought him a violin for his 13th birthday, which he studied for four years from 1923-27. Later he picked up the bass horn and tuba while studying music at Wendell Phillips Hi

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Milt Hinton

Milton John „Milt” Hinton, ps. „Judge” (ur. 23 czerwca1910^[1] w Vicksburgu^[1], zm. 19 grudnia2000^[2] w Nowym Jorku^[2]) – amerykański muzyk, „dziekankontrabasistówjazzowych”^[3], fotografik.

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Pochodził z południa Stanów Zjednoczonych. Jego babka była niewolnicą, należącą do kuzyna Jeffersona Davisa, prezydentaSkonfederowanych Stanów Ameryki. Ojca przywieźli z Afryki do Stanów Zjednoczonych misjonarze amerykańscy. Rodzice Milta rozstali się, kiedy był małym dzieckiem. Jako ośmioletni chłopiec był świadkiem tragicznego wydarzenia. Widziałem tłum, dookoła było pełno ludzi, mężczyźni strzelali, na ziemi stała wielka beczka z benzyną, a obok palił się człowiek ze stalową liną na szyi^[2]. Chcąc uciec od linczów i innych dramatów życia na głębokim Południu, matka Milta w 1921 przeniosła się wraz z rodziną do Chicago.

W „Wietrznym Mieście” Milt rozpoczął edukację muzyczną, pobierając prywatne lekcje gry na skrzypcach. Uczęszczając do Wendell Phillips High School, występował w sponsorowanej przez gazetę „Chicago Defender” j