[Dixielandjazz] Jimmy Lord

[Norrie Thomson]

>From Chilton's 'Who's Who'

Jimmy Lord (clarinet & tenor-sax)  Born - Chicago c1905:  Died -  New York
City c1936

Worked with the Wolverines in Chicago during the summer of 1925.  With Benny
Meroff's Orchestra at Granada Theatre, Chicago.  Also worked with David
Lewinter's Band at Crystal Ballroom, Chicago.  Moved to New York, worked
with Willard Robison, did free-lance arranging, also took part in recordings
with Billy Banks (1932). Long lay-off from playing due to a lung illness.
After recovering sufficiently to form his own band he contracted pneumonia
which proved fatal

Norri

Norrie Thomson
Edinburgh
Scotland