George finola biography

Cornetist George FInola (1945-2000) didn’t live long enough, but was loved and respected by many.  (Hoagy Carmichael was a fan.) He spent his life in Chicago and New Orleans, playing gigs and advancing jazz scholarship — helping to establish the Jazz Institute of Chicago.

I had only known of George because of his 1965 debut recording — where he is paired with notable friends Paul Crawford, Raymond Burke, Armand Hug, Danny and Blue Lu Barker:

and, just because they exist, here’s a Finola autograph:

and a matchbook ad for a New Orleans gig:

My friend Harriet Choice, the esteemed jazz writer, had spoken to me of George — “a very dear person” — but I had never met anyone who had known him, not until September 2014.

Jim Branson and I later found out we had been at many of the same California jazz events (Jim and his wife live in Berkeley) but until Jim said something about George from the a

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George A. Finola (5 October 1945 – 1 December 2000) was an American jazz cornetist.

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After all, George was a white man from up north, so this was going to take a little doing.

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George A. Finola (5 October – 1 December ) was an American jazz cornetist.

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George A. Finola was an American jazz cornetist.

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With traditional musicians Art Hodes, George Finola, Wayne Jones and Franz Jackson, innovator Muhal Richard Abrams, bebop guardian Joe Segal, blues aficionado and record purveyor Bob Koester, writers Harriet Choice and Dan Morgenstern and others the group quickly decided that “ The Jazz Institute of Chicago is an attempt to organize Jazz, an.

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George A. Finola 5 October 1 December was an American jazz center on cornet leading a band at French Quarter Festival.

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Ultimately earning world-wide fame for his “clear, brilliant horn, often blending with the trombone – at times riding high and alone,” George and his cornet even became the subject of a BBC Jazz spectacular.