Freddie Crump Explained

Freddie Crump, also referred to as Freddy Crump, Fred Crump and Rastus Crump[1] (died May 4, 1979 in Holland) was a drummer from the United States. He performed in various vaudeville[2] productions including with Gonzelle White in Cuba, performed in Europe, and was featured in several films. He was African American.

Career

Crump's career started out in the 1920s.

Vitaphone filmed his performance with the Norman Thomas Quintette in the short film Harlem-Mania.[3] [4] He would get off his seat and move around doing stunts, tricks, and laughing audibly.[2] He also performed on film with Victor Feldman in the 1942 comedy film King Arthur Was a Gentleman[5] in an act where he drummed on glasses and his own teeth.[6] [7] [8]

Crump spent time in Britain and Europe performing with the Johnny Claes' Big Band.[9] Claes was born in London, but his father was Belgian,[10] and Claes and performed there with an octet that included Ronnie Scott and Crump.[11] He appeared with Claes' band in the 1946 film George in Civvy Street.[12] He also appeared on several BBC radio programs doing his own comedy routines.

Count Basie was inspired by the showman's performances.[13]

Billboard noted the quality of his performance in a review of White's vaudeville group in Havana.[14] Carlo Krahmer described what he was like.[15] Tony Crombie said he was "the most fantastic drummer I've seen in my life, including Buddy Rich".[15] Ronnie Scott described Crump as a little Black guy who had a beat up drum kit that no one else could have played.[16]

Filmography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Count Basie. Albert Murray. Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie. 1985. Penguin Group USA. 978-0-917657-89-4.
  2. Book: Coleridge Goode. Roger Cotterrell. Bass Lines: A Life in Jazz. 20 October 2014. Northway Publications. 978-0-9928222-1-7. 34–.
  3. Web site: Vaudeville & Novelty Harlem-Mania. 20's Jazz.
  4. Web site: The Vitaphone Project!. www.picking.com.
  5. Book: Ron Ramdin. Reimaging Britain: 500 Years of Black and Asian History. 1 September 1999. Pluto Press. 978-0-7453-1600-0.
  6. Book: Ronnie Scott. Kitty Grime. Jazz at Ronnie Scott's. 1979. Hale. 978-0-7091-6907-9.
  7. Book: Frank Driggs. Chuck Haddix. Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop : a History. 2006. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-530712-2. 80–.
  8. Book: Marshal Royal. Claire P. Gordon. Marshal Royal: Jazz Survivor. 1 September 2001. A&C Black. 978-1-4411-8069-8. 33–.
  9. Book: Jazz Journal International. 2007. Billboard Limited.
  10. Book: Larry Kemp. Early Jazz Trumpet Legends. 16 October 2018. Dorrance Publishing. 978-1-4809-7637-5. 179–.
  11. Book: Some of my best friends are blues. 9780491022392. Scott. Ronnie. Hennessey. Mike. 1979.
  12. Web site: GEORGE IN CIVVY STREET. Library of Congress.
  13. Book: Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop : a History. Frank. Driggs. Chuck. Haddix. 3 January 2019. Oxford University Press. Google Books. 9780195307122.
  14. Book: Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Sampson. Henry T.. Scarecrow Press. 2013. 9780810883512. 417.
  15. Book: Jazz at Ronnie Scott's. 9780709169079. Scott. Ronnie. Grime. Kitty. 1979.
  16. Book: Some of my best friends are blues. Ronnie. Scott. Mike. Hennessey. 3 January 1979. W. H. Allen. Google Books. 9780491022392.
  17. Web site: KING ARTHUR WAS A GENTLEMAN. Library of Congress.
  18. Web site: Walking on Air (1946). https://web.archive.org/web/20190103005151/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b785963c2. dead. January 3, 2019. BFI.
  19. Book: Bourne, Stephen. Black in the British Frame: Black People in British Film and Television, 1896-1996. 3 January 1998. Cassell. Google Books. 9780304333745.

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