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Jimmy
Rushing (James Andrew Rushing)
geboren: 26. August 1901
(oder 1903 oder 1902), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/USA
gestorben: 8.Juni 1972, New York, New York /USA
Jimmy
Rushing ist vor allem für seine durchdringend-volle Stimme bekannt, die
eine Individualität besaß, wie sie kaum ein anderer Blues- oder Jazzsänger
der Zeit vorweisen konnte. Sein Tonumfang macht Rushing eigentlich zu einem
Tenor, doch die Sonorität seiner Stimme bringt es mit sich, dass man ihn
eher als Bariton wahrnimmt. Rushings Mutter war Kirchenorganistin, sein Vater
spielte Trompete. Rushing selbst hatte eine gute musikalische Ausbildung, konnte
nicht nur Geige, sondern auch genügend Klavier spielen, um sich selbst
zu begleiten. In Los Angeles war er bei Privatparties zusammen mit Jelly Roll
Morton zu hören gewesen, 1925 und 1927-29 tourte er mit der Band des Bassisten
Walter Page (Page's Blue Devils). 1929 wurde er Mitglied des Bennie Moten Orchesters
in Kansas City. In Motens Band war Rushing bezeichnenderweise nicht etwa für
den Blues zuständig, sondern für lyrische Balladen. Rushing passte
in das Konzept Count Basies, der das Orchester nach dem Tod Motens 1935 übernahm.
Dieses Konzept nämlich sah für alle Stücke des Repertoires eine
starke Bluesbezogenheit vor – egal ob es sich wirklich um Blues handelte
oder um sentimentale Schlager. Populären Ruhm erlangte Rushing, wegen seiner
Leibesfülle auch "Mr. Five by Five" genannt, in den späten
1930er und 1940er Jahre mit erfolgreichen Titeln wie "Evenin'" (1936),
"Good Morning Blues" (1937), "I Want a Little Girl" (1940),
"Goin' to Chicago Blues" und "Harvard Blues" (1941). Mit
Unterbrechungen blieb er bis 1950 in Basies Orchester. Von 1950-52 leitete er
zwei Jahre lang ein eigenes Septett, mit dem er in New Yorks Savoy Ballroom
auftrat. In den 1950er und 1960er Jahren nahm er etliche Album mit Swing-Musikern
der Mainstream-Stilistik auf, mit Buck Clayton, Joe Newman, Buddy Tate und anderen.
1958 tourte er mit Benny Goodman, 1960 sang er zusammen mit dem Dave Brubeck
Quartett im New Yorker Club Basin Street East.
Jimmy Rushing gehört
zu den herausragenden Sängern des Jazz. Seine Stimme unterscheidet sich
deutlich vom Klangideal des ländlichen, musikalisch nicht ausgebildeten,
oft mehr deklamierenden als singenden Blueskünstlers. Seine klare Phrasierung
verleiht seinen Interpretationen eine Klarheit auch da, wo er Töne anschleift,
einzelne Noten in kleine melismatische Melodien zu verwandeln scheint. Rushing
nutzt eine Technik afro-amerikanischen Gesangs, die sowohl im Blues als auch
in geistlicher Musik eine wichtige Rolle spielt. Man nennt diese Technik "shouting",
also "Rufen": ein plötzlicher meist hoher und lauter Einsatz
einer Phrase, die dann dynamisch und melodisch abfällt, um kurz darauf
wiederholt zu werden und so die Intensität ihrer Wirkung noch zu verstärken.
Gut zu hören ist seine Technik beispielsweise im "Harvard
Blues" von 1941. Der Text des Stücks greift nicht auf Klischeeformeln
der Bluestradition zurück, sondern bezieht seine Aussage aus einer eher
blues-fremden Welt. Die Studentenwelt der Harvard University nämlich war
in jenen Jahren einem Schwarzen kaum zugänglich. Die Aufnahme beginnt mit
zwei Solochorussen des Tenorsaxophonisten Don Byas. Jimmy Rushing folgt mit
zwei Chorussen nach dem typischen zwölftaktigen a-a-b-Textgerüst.
Danach ist ein ausgesprochen effektvoller Shout-Chorus zu hören mit dem
Text "Reinhardt, Reinhardt, I'm a most indifferent guy". Arrangeur
Tab Smith unterlegt diesen Chorus mit ziemlich ungewöhnlichen Bluesharmonien.
Die Band beschließt die Aufnahme mit einem Instrumentalchorus. Rushings
Nachfolger im Basie-Orchester war Joe Williams, der als Balladen- und Bluessänger
einem anderen Stimmideal folgte, nämlich dem des Sängers und Bandleaders
Billy Eckstine. [Wolfram
Knauer]
PS: Die abweichenden Geburtsdaten
erklären sich aus unterschiedlichen Angaben, die zum Teil Rushing selbst
gemacht hat. Das Jahr 1901 bezieht sich auf eine Angabe, die er 1936 für
seine Social Security Card machte und die als Faksimile auf der Rushing-Website
(s.u.) einzusehen ist.
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Jimmy Rushing (James Andrew Rushing)
born: 26. August 1901 (oder
1903 oder 1902), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/USA
died: 8.June 1972, New York, New York/USA
Jimmy
Rushing is known for his full voice possessing a high degree of individuality
hardly to be found with any other blues or jazz singer of the period. He actually
is a tenor, but the sonority of his voice makes him sound more like a baritone.
Rushings mother was a church organist, his father played trumpet. Rushing himself
had had a musical education, could play the violin as well as enough piano to
be able to accompany himself. In Los Angeles he had performed at private parties
together with pianist Jelly Roll Morton. In 1925 and from 1927-29 he toured
with the Blue Devils Band of bassist Walter Page, in 1929 became a member of
the Bennie Moten Orchestra in Kansas City. In Moten's band Rushing was not mainly
responsible for the blues, but rather for the lyrical ballads. His voice shaped
the sound of the Count Basie Orchestra when the pianist took over the Moten
band after the leader's death in 1935. Basie prefered a repertoire of strongly
blues influenced pieces, whether original blues tunes or sentimental songs with
a blues tinge. Rushing, affectionately known as "Mr. Five by Five",
had a couple of popular successes with Basie in the late 1930s and 1940s, among
them titles like "Evenin'" (1936), "Good Morning Blues"
(1937), "I Want a Little Girl" (1940), "Goin' to Chicago Blues"
and "Harvard Blues" (1941). He stayed with Basie until 1950, then
led his own septet for two years performing at New York's Savoy Ballroom. In
the 1950s and 1960s he recorded albums with swing musicians in the mainstream
style of the period, working together with the likes of Buck Clayton, Joe Newman,
Buddy Tate and others. In 1958 he toured with Benny Goodman, in 1960 he sang
with the Dave Brubeck Quartet at New York's Basin Street East.
Jimmy Rushing belongs among
the most important singers in jazz. His voice is clearly different from the
rural, musically uneducated blues musicians whose style often compare more to
declamation than singing. His exact phrasing gives his interpretations a certain
clearness even when he paraphrases, when he changes single notes into little
melismatic melodies. Rushing uses a technique of African American singing developed
in the blues as well as the religious musical traditions: "shouting",
a sudden start of a phrase, often begun on a high and especially loud note,
then falling dynamically as well as melodically, often being repeated to further
strengthen the intensity of its effect. One good example of his technique can
be heard in "Harvard Blues" from 1941. The lyrics here do not refer
to clichee formulas of the blues tradition but rather to a non-blues world –
the student scene of Harvard University would be hardly accessible for a Black
person at that time. The recording begins with two solo choruses of tenor saxophonist
Don Byas. Jimmy Rushing follows with two choruses using the usual 12 bar a-a-b
text structure. He then sings a very effective shout chorus over the lines "Reinhardt,
Reinhardt, I'm a most indifferent guy", accompanied by some pretty unconventional
blues harmonies written for the band by arranger Tab Smith. The orchestra ends
the recording with an instrumental chorus. Rushing's heir in the Basie Orchestra
was Joe Williams, who came from different roots as a ballad and blues singer,
was influenced more by singer/bandleader Billy Eckstine. [Wolfram Knauer]
PS: The differing birth
dates come from different sources provided by Rushing himself on several occasions
(interviews etc.). The year 1901 is given on the social security application
form he filled out in 1936 which can be seen in facsimile on the Rushing website
(see below).
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More information on Jimmy Rushing:
One usually finds material
on Jimmy Rushing in books on Count Basie. Several Basie biographies (especialy
Stanley Dance, 1980) as well as Basie's autobiography itself (1984) contain
information about Rushing's importance for this band, some of them also contain
interviews with Rushing or other musicians near to him.
The best source on the internet
is the website under his name: http://www.jimmyrushing.com.
It contains a short biography, interview material, a discography and other resources
on the singer
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Jazz Index: Jimmy Rushing
The following bibliographical
information relates to periodicals and books present in the archive of the Jazz-Institut
Darmstadt. Our extensive periodical collection comprises 1.000 periodicals,
more than 60.000 single issues. About 50% of the collection have been indexed.
Following the more recent
entries you'll find abbreviations which will give you a clue about the nature
in the respective articles. The abbreviations are:
| (A)
= analytical remarks
(B) = extensive book review
(BT) = blindfold test
(C) = concert review
(D) = discography
(F) = feature article |
(I)
= interview
("I") = article written by the respective musician himself
(O) = obituary
(R) = extensive record review
(T) = transcription
[vert.file] = xerox copy archived at Jazzinstitut Darmstadt
[digi.file] = digital copy archived at Jazzinstitut Darmstadt |
The Jazz Index on
this page has been compiled and updated 17. August 2005 by Wolfram Knauer
Encyclopedia entries:
- Leonard Feather: The
New Yearbook of Jazz, New York 1958
- Leonard Feather: The
Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1960
- Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather,
Brian Priestley: Jazz. The Essential Companion, London 1987
- Barry Kernfeld (ed.):
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, London 1988
- Martin Kunzler (ed.):
ro-ro-ro Jazz-Lexikon, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1988
- Philippe Carles, André
Clergeat, Jean-Louis Comolli: Dictionnaire du Jazz, Paris 1988
- John Chilton: Who's Who
of Jazz. Storyville to Swing Street, London 1989
- Carlo Bohländer,
Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclams Jazzführer, Stuttgart 1989
- Austin Sonnier Jr.: A
Guide to the Blues. History, Who's Who, Research Sources, Westport/CT 1994
- Philippe Carles, André
Clergeat, Jean-Louis Comolli: Dictionnaire du Jazz, Paris 4/1995
- Steve Holtje & Nancy
Ann Lee (eds.): MusicHound Jazz. The Essential Album Guide, Detroit/MI 1999
- Ian Carr & Digby
Fairweather & Brian Priestley: Jazz Rough Guide, Stuttgart 1999
- Leonard Feather &
Ira Gitler: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, New York 1999
- Ian Carr & Digby
Fairweather & Brian Priestley: Jazz, The Rough Guide. The Essential Companion
to Artists and Albums, London 2000
- Scott Yanow: Swing. The
Essential Listening Companion, San Francisco 2000
- Barry Kernfeld (ed.):
New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, London 2001
no year given:
- Jimmy Rushing: Sings
the Blues, London o.J. [sheet music] (T: vocal/piano arrangements of "Goin'
to Chicago Blues"; "Sent for You Yesterday", "Baby, Don't
Tell On Me"; "Blues in the Dark"; "Don't You Miss Your
Baby"; "Good Morning Blues"; "I Left My Baby"; "Harvard
Blues"; "Take Me Back Baby"; "Undecided Blues"; "Evil
Blues"; "You Can't Run Around Blues")
- NN (ed.): The Basie Style,
London o.J. [sheet music], p. 68-69 (T: piano solo arrangements of "Jimmy's
Blues")
1954:
- Mary Lou Williams: My Friends
the Kings of Jazz. Mr. 5 x 5 had a ten block voice. Mary Lou Williams writes
about Jimmy Rushing, in: Melody Maker, #1075 (24.Apr.1954), p. 5 (F) [digi.copy]
1956:
- Kurt Mohr: "Jimmy Rushing"
(Vanguard), in: Jazz Hot, #112 (Jul/Aug.1956), p. 40 (R) [digi.copy]
1957:
- Paul Oliver: Jimmy Rushing - The
Formative Years, in: Jazz Monthly, 3/10 (1957), p. 2-3 (F)
- Raymond Horricks: Jimmy Rushing,
in: Raymond Horricks: Count Basie and His Orchestra. Its Music and its Musicians,
London 1957 [book], p. 147-159 (F)
- Whitney Balliett: Hot, in: Whitney
Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York 2000 [book:
St.Martin's Press], p. 21 (R: "The Jazz Odyssey of James Rushing Esq.";
reprint from 1957)
- NN: Jimmy Rushing will tour with
Humph, in: Melody Maker, 27.Apr.1957 (F)
- Burt Korall: I've got to get to
a Blues, in: Melody Maker, 7.Sep.1957
- Douglas Hague: Jimmy Rushing Tells
His Story, in: Jazz Journal, 10/9 (Sep.1957), p. 1-3, 5, 36 (F/I)
- Humphrey Lyttelton: Rushing tour
is a great thrill, in: Melody Maker, 21.Sep.1957
- Max Jones: Jimmy Rushing hits
the top of his form, in: Melody Maker, 14.Sep.1957
- Humphrey Lyttelton: My Biggest
Thrill, in: Melody Maker, 12.Oct.1957
- Max Jones & Sinclair Traill:
Collectors' Corner, in: Melody Maker, 12.Oct.1957, p. 8
- Kurt Mohr: Jimmy Rushing - "On
ne peut pas aimer le jazz et ne pas aimer Basie", in: Jazz Hot, #126
(Nov.1957), p. 15-17 (F/I)
- Humphrey Lyttelton: Jimmy Rushing's
talking machine, in: Melody Maker, 14.Dec.1957
1958:
- Leonard Feather: The
Blindfold Test. James Session, in: Down Beat, 25/2 (1958), p. 31 (BT)
- Stanley Dance: If This
Ain't the Blues, in: Melody Maker, 15.Feb.1958, p. 14 (R)
- NN: Goodman und JATP
mit Rushing und Turner. US-Stars überschwemmen im Mai ganz Westdeutschland,
in: Westjazz, 3/33 (May 1958), p. 5 (N: tour dates) [digi.copy]
- Ralph Ellison: Remembering
Jimmy, in: Ralph Ellison: Shadow and Act, New York 1964 [book: Random House],
p. 241-246 (F; Reprint, from: Saturday Review, 12.Jul.1958)
- NN: Jimmy Rushing Is
Back in the Centre Court, in: Melody Maker, 20.Sep.1958, p. 5
- NN: Rushing gastiert
mit Humph in Deutschland, in: Jazz Podium, 7/9 (Sep.1958), p. 180 (N: tours
Germany) [digi.copy]
- Kurt Mohr: Jimmy Rushing
et Billie Holiday à l'Olympia, in: Jazz Hot, #138 (Dec.1958), p. 37,
39 (C)
1959:
- NN: Dizzy Gillespie & The
Newport Jazz Festival, Frankfurt 1959 [program booklet: Konzertdirektion C.
Ebner] (F)
- Gene Lees: Caught in the Act.
Jimmy Rushing & Harry Edison & The Trademarks, Blue Note, Chicago,
in: Down Beat, 26/19 (17.Sep.1959), p. 42-43 (C)
1960:
- Charles Fox & Peter Gammond
& Alun Morgan & Alexis Korner: Jazz on Record. A Critical Guide, London
1960 [book: Grey Arrow], p. 273-274 (F)
- Max Jones: No gimmicks for Rushing,
in: Melody Maker, 19.Mar.1960, p. 15 (R: "Rushing Lullabies")
- Ralph J. Gleason: Jimmy Rushing
- "Rushing Lullabies" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 27/5 (3.Mar.1960),
p. 41-42 (R)
- Pete Welding: Jimmy Rushing /
Jack Dupree - "Two Shades of Blue" (Audio Lab), in: Down Beat, 27/22
(27.Oct.1960), p. 48 (R)
1961:
- George Hoefer: Caught
in the Act. Jimmy Rushing/Dave Brubeck Quartet, Basin Street East, New York
City, in: Down Beat, 28/5 (2.Mar.1961), p. 44 (C)
- John S. Wilson: Jimmy
Rushing & Dave Brubeck - "Brubeck and Rushing" (Columbia), in:
Down Beat, 28/6 (16.Mar.1961), p. 32 (R)
- Pete Welding: "Jimmy
Rushing and the Smith Girls" (Columbia), in: Down Beat, 28/17 (17.Aug.1961),
p. 38-39 (R)
- Max Jones: Rushing swings
the singing Smiths, in: Melody Maker, 9.Sep.1961, p. i (R: "The Smith
Girls")
- "J.W.N.": Paul
Barbarin & Jimmy Rushing at the Colonial Tavern, in: Coda, 4/8 (Dec.1961),
p. 5 (C)
1962:
- Yannick Bruynoghe: Rushing, Jimmy,
in: Stanley Dance (ed.): Jazz Era. The 'Forties, London 1962 [book: The Jazz
Book Club & MacGibbon & Kee], p. 208 (short F)
- NN: news..., in: Jazz Podium,
11/2 (Feb.1962), p. 32 (N: with Harry James) [digi.copy]
- Fred Norsworthy: Jimmy
Rushing with the Al Grey Octet, in: Coda, 5/1 (Aug.1962), p. 16 (C)
1963:
- Stanley Dance: Jimmy
Rushing, in: Stanley Dance: The World of Count Basie, New York 1980 [book],
p. 17-27 (I von 1963)
1964:
- Sinclair Traill: In My
Opinion - Jimmy Rushing, in: Jazz Journal, 17/1 (Jan.1964), p. 14-15 (BT)
- Ira Gitler: Caught in
the Act. Stan Getz, Count Basie/Jimmy Rushing, Philharmonic Hall, New York
City, in: Down Beat, 31/4 (13.Feb.1964), p. 37 (C)
1965:
- Helen McNamara: Pack
My Bags and Make Me Getaway. The Odyssey of Jimmy Rushing, in: Down Beat,
32/8 (8.Apr.1965), p. 22-24 (F/I)
- Stanley Dance: Caught
in the Act. Buddy Tate/Jimmy Rushing, Jazz in the Garden, Museum of Modern
Art, New York City, in: Down Beat, 32/21 (7.Oct.1965), p. 37-38 (C)
1966:
- André Francis: Jazz, Bourges
1958 [book: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil]; reprint: Bourges
1966 [book: Solfèges / Éditions du Seuil], p. 98 (short F)
1967:
- Max Jones: The Potent
Rushing, in: Melody Maker, 26.Aug.1967, p. 10 (R: "Listen to the Blues")
1969:
- John McDonough: Jimmy
Rushing - "Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Master Jazz Recording),
in: Down Beat, 36/1 (9.Jan.1969), p. 26-27 (R)
- Max Jones: The Men Who
Make the Blues. Jimmy Rushing, in: Melody Maker, 10.May 1969, p. 10 (F)
- Chris Albertson: Jimmy
Rushing. A Stury Branch of The Learning Tree, in: Down Beat, 36/23 (13.Nov.1969),
p. 17, 38 (F/I)
1971:
- Dicky Wells & Stanley
Dance: The Night People. Reminiscences of a Jazzman, Boston 1971 [book], passim
(F)
- Barry McRae: AB Basics.
A Column for the Newcomer to Jazz. Jimmy Rushing, in: Jazz Journal, 24/2 (Feb,1971),
p. 32 (F)
- John Norris: Heard and
Seen. Jazz in Toronto. Jimmy Rushing, Ray Bryant, The World's Greatest Jazz
Band, Duke Ellington, Sonny Greenwich, in: Coda, 9/12 (Mar/Apr.1971), p. 45-46
(C)
- NN: Potpourri. Jimmy
Rushing reconvalensces after heart attack, in: Down Beat, 38/18 (28.Oct.1971),
p. 11 (N)
1972:
- Antonin Truhlar: My Friend the
Blues, in: Blues Notes, 4/15-16 (1972), p. 50 (F/O)
- NN: Jimmy Rushing 1903-1972, in:
Jazz Magazine, #202 (1972), p. 4-5 (F/O)
- Ralph J. Gleason: Perspectives.
Jimmy Rushing and the Blues, in: Rolling Stone, #113 (1972), p. 30 (F)
- Whitney Balliett: New Coming,
in: Whitney Balliett: Collected Works. A Journal of Jazz 1954-2000, New York
2000 [book: St.Martin's Press], p. 362-363 (F/O; reprint from 1972)
- NN: Potpourri. Jimmy Rushing at
Half Note, in: Down Beat, 39/4 (2.Mar.1972), p. 11 (N)
- John S. Wilson: Jimmy Rushing,
Blues Singer with Intense Voice, Dies at 68. Considered a Great Male Jazz
Vocalist - Performed With Count Basie Troupe, in: New York Times, 9.Jun.1972
(F/O) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
- Max Jones: Rush - the swinger,
in: Melody Maker, 17.Jun.1972, p. 34 (F/O)
- NN: Jimmy Rushing Dead, in: Melody
Maker, 17.Jun.1972, p. 3 (F/O)
- NN: Rushing Rites Draw. 300 Including
Basie, in: New York Times, 13.Jun.1972 (F/O: funeral) [vert.file] [digi.copy]
- Frank Driggs: Jimmy Rushing 1903-1972,
in: Coda, 10/8 (Jul/Aug.1972), p. 31 (F/O)
- J. Atterton: Jazz (funeral), in:
Melody Maker, 1.Jul.1972 (F/O)
- NN: Jimmy Rushing gestorben, in:
Jazz Podium, 21/7 (Jul.1972), p. 217 (O)
- Bill Esposito: Little Jimmy Rushing's
Been Here and Gone, in: Jazz Journal, 25/8 (Aug.1972), p. 6 (F/O)
- Humphrey Lyttelton: Rushing, in:
Jazz Journal, 25/8 (Aug.1972), p. 4-5 (F)
- NN: Jimmy Rushing, 1903-1972,
in: Down Beat, 39/14 (17.Aug.1972), p. 10 (F/O)
- Pete Lowry: Jimmy Rushing, 1903-1972,
in: Jazz Digest, 1/8 (Aug.1972), p. 2 (F/O)
- NN: Potpourri. Benefit for Rushings
widow, in: Down Beat, 39/18 (9.Nov.1972), p. 11 (N)
1973:
- Duke Ellington: Jimmy
Rushing, in: Duke Ellington: Music Is My Mistress, New York 1985 [book; Reprint,
O: Garden City 1973], p. 232-233 (F)
- John McDonough: Jimmy
Rushing - "Who Was It Sang That Song", in: Down beat, 40/15 (1973),
p. 24 (R)
1974:
- Bud Freeman: Jimmy Rushing,
in: Bud Freeman: You Don't Look Like a Musician, Detroit 1974 [book], p. 39
(F)
1981:
- Art Lange: Jimmy Rushing
- "Mr. Five by Five", in: Down Beat, 48/8 (Aug.1981), p. 42 (R)
1982:
- André Francis: Jazz (nouvelle
édition), Malesherbes 1982 [book: Microcosme / Seuil], p. 108 (short
F)
1984:
- Leslie Gourse: The Kansas
City Singers. Tell Them Little Jimmy Rushing, he's Been Here and Gone, in:
Leslie Gourse: Louis' Children. American Jazz Singers, New York 1984 [book],
p. 71-74 (F)
1985:
- Count Basie & Albert
Murray: Good Morning Blues. The Autobiography of Count Basie, New York 1985
[book: Random House]
- Jack Winter: Jimmy Rushing.
Mr. 5x5, in: Coda, #203 (Aug/Sep.1985), p. 12-13 (I)
1989:
- Jacques Lacava: Jimmy
Rushing, in: Noel Balen (ed.): Les grandes voix du jazz, Paris 1989 [book:
Jazz Hot], p. 18-19 (F)
1993:
- Dan Morgenstern: The
Singers, in: Dan Morgenstern: Jazz People, New York 1993 [book], p. 247, 253
(F)
- Frank Tirro: Jimmy Rushing,
in: Frank Tirro: Jazz History, New York 2/1993 [book], p. 82 (F)
1997:
- Preston Love: The Love
Letters. Remembering Mr. Five-by-Five, in: The Jazz Rag, #43 (Mar/Apr.1997),
p. 12 (F)
1998:
- Gary Giddins: Visions
of Jazz. The First Century, New York 1998 [book: Oxford University Press],
p. 184-188 (F: chapter "Jimmy Rushing. Swinging the Blues")
1999:
- Charles Graham &
Dan Morgenstern (eds.): The Great Jazz Day, Emeryville/CA 1999 [book: Woodford
Press], p. 59 (short biography)
- William Russell (ed.):
"Oh, Mister Jelly". A Jelly Roll Morton Scrapbook, Copenhagen 1999
[book: Jazz Media], p. 558-561 (I)
- Frank-John Hadley: Jimmy
Rushing & Friends - "Oh Love" (Vanguard), in: Down Beat, 66/11
(Nov.1999), p. 65-66 (R)
2000:
- Frank Büchmann-Moller:
Is This To Be My Souvenir. Jazz Photos from the Timme Rosenkrantz Collection
1918-1969, Odense 2000 [book: Odense University Press], p. 154 (short F/photo)
2001:
- Horace A. Porter: Jazz
Country. Ralph Ellison in America, Iowa City 2001 [book: University of Iowa
Press], p. 22-25 (F: chapter "Reducing the Chaos of Living to Form. The
Affirmative Voices of Jimmy Rushing and Mahalia Jackson"); p. 27-31 (F:
chapter "Soul Brothers Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman. Jazz, Race,
and Cultural Exchange")
- John Latham: Jimmy Rushing
Remembered. John Latham shares his memories of a great concert in 1959...,
in: The Jazz Rag, #70 (winter 2001), p. 17 (F)
2002:
- Larry L. Quilligan: 'Mr.
Sunshine', in: Mississippi Rag, Apr.2002, p. 1-2, 4 (F); response, by Tom
Pletcher, in: Mississippi Rag, May 2002, p. 5 (letter)
2004:
- Duncan Schiedt: Jazz in Black
& White. The Photographs of Duncan Schiedt, Bloomington/IN 2004 [book:
Indiana University Press], p. 44-45 (F/photo)
- Lawrence McClellan Jr.: The Later
Swing Era, 1942 to 1955, Westport, CT 2004 [book: Greenwood Press], p. 102-104
(F); p. 287 (short F: biography)
2005:
- Frank Driggs & Chuck Haddix:
Kansas City Jazz. From Ragtime to Bebop - A History, New York 2005 [book:
Oxford University Press], passim (F)
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The Jazz Index on
this page has been compiled and updated 17. August 2005 by Wolfram Knauer