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Bob (Robert Sherwood) Haggart (March 13, 1914 in New York City
New York City

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; died December 2, 1998 in Venice, Florida
Venice, Florida

Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 17,764 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of 19,990....
) was a dixieland jazz double bass player, composer and arranger. He becamer a founder-member of the Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby

Bob Crosby was an United States dixieland bandleader and vocalist, best known for his group Crosby and the Bob-Cats.He was the youngest of seven children: five boys, Larry Crosby , Everett , Ted , Bing Crosby and Bob; and two girls, Catherine and Mary Rose ....
 Band (1935). Arranged and part-composed several of the band's big successes. For example: "What's New?
What's New?

"What's New?" is a 1939 popular music song composed by Bob Haggart, with lyrics by Johnny Burke .It was originally an instrumental tune titled "I'm Free" by Haggart in 1938, when Haggart was a member of Bob Crosby And His Orchestra....
", "South Rampart Street Parade", "My Inspiration", and "Big Noise From Winnetka
Big Noise From Winnetka

Big Noise From Winnetka is a jazz composition written by composer and bass player Bob Haggart. It was first recorded in 1938 and featured Bob Haggart and drummer Ray Bauduc, both members of the swing/dixieland orchestra Bob Crosby and the Bobcats....
". He remained with the band until 1942. He then worked as a studio musician in New York and recorded with Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 and Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
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Bob (Robert Sherwood) Haggart (March 13, 1914 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
; died December 2, 1998 in Venice, Florida
Venice, Florida

Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, Florida, United States. The population was 17,764 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the city had a population of 19,990....
) was a dixieland jazz double bass player, composer and arranger. He becamer a founder-member of the Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby

Bob Crosby was an United States dixieland bandleader and vocalist, best known for his group Crosby and the Bob-Cats.He was the youngest of seven children: five boys, Larry Crosby , Everett , Ted , Bing Crosby and Bob; and two girls, Catherine and Mary Rose ....
 Band (1935). Arranged and part-composed several of the band's big successes. For example: "What's New?
What's New?

"What's New?" is a 1939 popular music song composed by Bob Haggart, with lyrics by Johnny Burke .It was originally an instrumental tune titled "I'm Free" by Haggart in 1938, when Haggart was a member of Bob Crosby And His Orchestra....
", "South Rampart Street Parade", "My Inspiration", and "Big Noise From Winnetka
Big Noise From Winnetka

Big Noise From Winnetka is a jazz composition written by composer and bass player Bob Haggart. It was first recorded in 1938 and featured Bob Haggart and drummer Ray Bauduc, both members of the swing/dixieland orchestra Bob Crosby and the Bobcats....
". He remained with the band until 1942. He then worked as a studio musician in New York and recorded with Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday was an American jazz singer and songwriter.Nicknamed Lady Day by her loyal friend and musical partner Lester Young, Holiday was a seminal influence on jazz and pop singing....
 and Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Jane Fitzgerald , also known as "Jazz royalty" and the "First Lady of Song", is considered one of the most influential jazz vocalists of the 20th century....
. During the 1950's organised (with Yank Lawson
Yank Lawson

John Rhea Lawson was a jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and also some swing music. He was known as "Yank Lawson" for most of his life.From 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra....
) a regular series of small band recordings and also arranged many of the tunes for Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong

Louis Daniel Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer.Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an innovative cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence on jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performers....
's four -volume L.P. recreation set made in 1956-7. Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby

Bob Crosby was an United States dixieland bandleader and vocalist, best known for his group Crosby and the Bob-Cats.He was the youngest of seven children: five boys, Larry Crosby , Everett , Ted , Bing Crosby and Bob; and two girls, Catherine and Mary Rose ....
 also used this ensemble as the core of many groups, including the band that recorded Haggart's arrangement of Porgy and Bess (1958). During the late 1960's he played frequently in bands organised by Bob Crosby. He worked and co-led with Yank Lawson
Yank Lawson

John Rhea Lawson was a jazz trumpeter known for Dixieland and also some swing music. He was known as "Yank Lawson" for most of his life.From 1933 to 1935 he worked in Ben Pollack's orchestra and after that became a founding member of the Bob Crosby Orchestra....
 The world's greatest Jazz Band (1968-1978). From 1978 until shortly before his death Haggart worked with own groups or as a free-lance musician in several jazzgroups and toured all over the world. He wrote a tutor for double bass which has become a standard text. "

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With Randy Sandke
Randy Sandke

Randy Sandke is a jazz trumpeter and guitarist.In an interview with Larry Kart he said: "I got into jazz kind of chronologically, beginning with Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong, then Dizzy Gillespie, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, and Freddie Hubbard....
  • The Music of Bob Haggart
    Bob Haggart

    Bob Haggart was a dixieland jazz double bass player, composer and arranger. He becamer a founder-member of the Bob Crosby Band . Arranged and part-composed several of the band's big successes....
     Featuring His Porgy and Bess Arrangements     track 17 only (Arbors Records
    Arbors Records

    Arbors Records is an independent United States jazz record label based in Clearwater, Florida. It was founded by the family team of Mat and Rachel Domber in 1989, initially devoted to the recordings of their friend Rick Fay....
    )


literature

  • Kragting, Ben. 'Bob Haggart Interview' in: Doctor Jazz Magazine 145 (1994), p. 10-13 (part 1) / Doctor Jazz Magazine 146 (1994), p. 10-15. (part 2) (Note: This is a Dutch jazz magazine, but the interview has been published in English!)