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Charlie Barnett

Charlie Barnett may refer to* Charlie Barnett ? the African-American actor and comedian* Charlie Barnett ? the actor who appeared in * Charlie Barnett ? composer working in film and television ...
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Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American
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 jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
. His major recordings were "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", and "Southland Shuffle".

Early Life
Charlie Barnet was born in New York City
New York City

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. His parents divorced when he was two, and he was raised by his mother and her grandparents.






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For other persons with this name, see Charlie Barnett
Charlie Barnett

Charlie Barnett may refer to* Charlie Barnett ? the African-American actor and comedian* Charlie Barnett ? the actor who appeared in * Charlie Barnett ? composer working in film and television ...
.


Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, 1991) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
. His major recordings were "Skyliner", "Cherokee", "The Wrong Idea", "Scotch and Soda", and "Southland Shuffle".

Early Life


Charlie Barnet was born 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....
. His parents divorced when he was two, and he was raised by his mother and her grandparents. His grandfather was Charles Frederick Daly, a vice-president for the New York Central Railroad
New York Central Railroad

The New York Central Railroad , known simply as the New York Central in its publicity, was a railroad operating in the Northeastern United States....
, banker, and businessman.

Barnet attended various boarding schools, both in the New York and Chicago areas. He learned to play piano and saxophone as a child. He often left school to listen to music and to try to gain work as a musician.

Career


Charlie Barnet was at the height of his popularity between 1939 and 1941, a period that began with his hit version of "Cherokee
Cherokee (jazz)

"Cherokee" is a jazz standard written by Ray Noble and recorded over the years by many jazz musicians and singers, including Charlie Parker, Charlie Barnet and His Orchestra, Sarah Vaughan, and Keely Smith....
", written by Ray Noble and arranged by Billy May. In 1944, Barnet had another big hit with "Skyliner". In 1947, he started to switch from swing music to bebop
Bebop

Bebop or bop is a form of jazz characterized by fast tempos and improvisation based on harmonic structure rather than melody. It was developed in the early and mid-1940s....
. During his swing period his band included Buddy DeFranco
Buddy DeFranco

Boniface Ferdinand Leonard "Buddy" DeFranco is a jazz clarinet player.DeFranco began his professional career just as Swing Music and Big Bands — many of which were led by clarinetists like Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and Woody Herman — were fading in popularity....
, Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge

Roy David Eldridge , nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an United States jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos and his strong influence on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most exciting musicians of the Swing Era and a precursor of bebop....
, Neal Hefti
Neal Hefti

Neal Hefti was an United States jazz trumpeter, composer, tune writer, and musical arranger. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme music for the Batman television series of the 1960s, and for scoring the 1968 film The Odd Couple and the subsequent The Odd Couple ....
, Lena Horne
Lena Horne

Lena Mary Calhoun Horne is an American singer and actress. She has recorded and performed extensively, independently and with other jazz notables, including Artie Shaw, Teddy Wilson, Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Charlie Barnet, Benny Carter, and Billy Eckstine....
, Barney Kessel
Barney Kessel

Barney Kessel was an United States jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA. He was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions....
, Dodo Marmorosa, Oscar Pettiford
Oscar Pettiford

Oscar Pettiford was an United States jazz double bassist, cellist and composer known particularly for his pioneering work in bebop....
, and Art House, while later versions of the band included Maynard Ferguson, Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen

Carl Hilding "Doc" Severinsen is an United States popular music and jazz trumpeter. He is best known for leading the Tonight Show Band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson....
, and Clark Terry
Clark Terry

Clark Terry , is an American swing music and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, and NEA Jazz Masters inductee....
. Trumpeter Billy May was an arranger in the Charlie Barnet Orchestra before he joined Glenn Miller in 1940.

He was one of the first bandleaders to integrate
Racial integration

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 his band; the year is variously given as 1935 or 1937. He was an outspoken admirer of Count Basie
Count Basie

William "Count" Basie was an United States Jazz piano, organist, bandleader, and composer. Widely regarded as one of the most important jazz bandleaders of his time, Basie led his popular Count Basie Orchestra for almost 50 years....
 and Duke Ellington
Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and bandleader.Duke Ellington was recognized during his life as one of the most influential Jazz royalty, if not in all American music and he is of only four jazz musicians ever to have been featured on the cover of Time magazine ....
. Basie once lent Barnet his charts after Barnet's had been destroyed in a fire. Throughout his career he was an opponent of syrupy arrangements. In the song "The Wrong Idea", he lampooned the "sweet" Big Band sound of the era.

In 1949 he retired, apparently because he had lost interest in music. He was able to retire when he chose because he was one of the few heirs in a very wealthy family. He occasionally returned from retirement for brief tours but never returned to music full time.

Compositions by Charlie Barnet


Charlie Barnet's compositions included "Skyliner", "Southland Shuffle", "Swing Street Strut", "The Right Idea", "The Wrong Idea" with Billy May, "Growlin'", "Scotch and Soda", "Midweek Function", "Oh What You Said (Are We Burnt Up?)", "I Kinda Like You", "Tappin' at the Tappa", "The Last Jump", "Knocking at the Famous Door", "Lazy Bug" with Juan Tizol, and "Ogoun Badagris (Voodoo War God)".

Honors


In 1984, Charlie Barnet was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame.

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