Harry Blons


Harry Blons '' was an American jazz clarinetist from Minnesota. He performed with the touring groups of Hal McIntyre, Red Nichols, and Red Dougherty. He had performed with jazz combos in Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

Career

At the end of the 1940s, Blons began fronting his own group and playing in the Dixieland style. In 1954 he was featured on both clarinet and tenor sax in the Doc Evans combo, not abandoning the Harry Blons Six as the group remained active in the mid-1950s. Blons continued to be associated with his native St. Paul. While much of his group's recorded output is out of print, various live recordings done in Minnesota when stars such as Bunk Johnson and Don Ewell came through town remain in circulation. His recordings as a leader include the excellent Singin' the Blues, originally released by Mercury Records. Blons also created vinyl product for the Zephyr, Audio Fidelity, and Audiophile Records labels.

Selected discography

  • Traditional jazz. Vol. 7, Doc Evans
  • Traditional jazz, vol. 6 by Doc Evans
  • Dixie By Gaslight, Singleton Palmer
  • Dixieland Jazz, Harry Blons
  • Six on a Dixie Kick
  • Dixieland From the Deep North
  • Down in Jungle Town, Doc Evans
  • Harry Blons
  • Four or five times by Doc Evans
  • Ray Bauduc-Nappy Lamare and their Dixieland
  • Teddy Buckner at the Crescendo
  • Caution blues by Muggsy Spanier
  • Bunk Johnson & Don Ewell: The Complete Minneapolis, 1947
  • Broadcast programmer No. 1
  • Bob Mitch Presents a Dixie Bouquet
  • Easy Listening
  • Breezin
  • Pee Wee Hunt and his Dixieland Band
  • Sweet Georgia Brown
  • Windy City Jazz, Max Kaminsky