Harold "Doc" West (August 12, 1915, Wolford, North Dakota - May 4, 1951, Cleveland, Ohio) was an American jazz drummer. Cleveland is a City in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States
West learned to play piano and cello as a child before switching to drums. In the 1930s he played in Chicago with Tiny Parham, Erskine Tate, and Roy Eldridge (1937-38). Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Hartzell Strathdene "Tiny" Parham (February 25 1900 Winnipeg, Canada - April 4 1943 Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was a Canadian-born American Erskine Tate (January 14 1895 Memphis Tennessee - December 17 1978 Chicago) was an American Jazz violinist and bandleader Roy David Eldridge ( January 30, 1911 &ndash February 26, 1989) nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American Late in the 1930s he filled in for Chick Webb when Webb was unable to lead his own orchestra. William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb ( February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was a Jazz and Swing music Early in the 1940s he played with Hot Lips Page, and played on the early bebop scene at Minton's Playhouse in New York City with Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Tiny Grimes, and Don Byas. Oran Thaddeus Page ( 27 January, 1908 &ndash 4 November, 1954) Jazz Trumpeter singer bandleader born in Dallas Texas Bebop or bop is a form of Jazz characterized by fast Tempos and Improvisation based on Harmonic structure rather than Melody Minton’s Playhouse is a Jazz club and bar located on the first floor of the Hotel Cecil at 210 West 118th Street in Harlem. The City of New York John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie ( October 21 1917 &ndash January 6 1993) was an American Jazz Trumpeter Lloyd "Tiny" Grimes ( July 7 1916 - March 4 1989) was an American Jazz and R&B Guitarist He was a member Carlos Wesley (Don Byas ( October 21, 1912 &ndash August 24, 1972) was an African American Jazz Tenor saxophonist He played with Oscar Pettiford in 1944 and stood in for Jo Jones occasionally in Count Basie's orchestra. Oscar Pettiford ( 30 September, 1922 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, &ndash 8 September, 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark Jo Jones ( October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985) (later known as Papa Jo Jones) was an American drummer one of the most influential William "Count" Basie ( August 21, 1904 &ndash April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, Organist
West appears on recordings from Slam Stewart, Leo Watson, Wardell Gray, Billie Holiday, Erroll Garner, Big Joe Turner, and Jay McShann. Leroy Eliot 'Slam' Stewart (born 21 September 1914 - died 10 December 1987) was an African American Jazz bass Leo Watson ( 27 February 1898 &ndash 2 May 1950) was an American Jazz Vocalese Singer, Drummer Wardell Gray (1921-1955 was an American Jazz Bebop tenor saxophonist. Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7 1915 – July 17 1959 was an American Jazz singer and songwriter Erroll Louis Garner ( June 15 1921 &ndash January 2 1977) was an American Jazz Pianist and Composer For the Ice hockey player see Joe Turner Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr Jay McShann ( January 12 1916 – December 7 2006) was an American Blues and swing Pianist, He died in 1951 while on tour with Roy Eldridge.
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