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- Gene_Gifford abstract "H. Eugene \"Gene\" Gifford (May 31, 1908 – November 12, 1970) was an American jazz banjoist, guitarist, and arranger.Gifford was raised in Memphis, Tennessee, and played banjo in high school; following this he played in territory bands, including Watson's Bell Hops and the bands of Bob Foster and Lloyd Williams. He formed his own group to tour Texas, and then switched to guitar to play with Blue Steele and Henry Cato's Vanities Orchestra in 1928.In 1929 he arranged for Jean Goldkette, and that same year he joined the Casa Loma Orchestra, where he became the group's chief arranger. He played guitar and banjo in the ensemble but quit in 1933 to concentrate on arrangements for the group. He remained with Casa Loma until 1939 when he was bought out of his contract due to alcohol-related infractions of the band's strict rules, but returned to play with them in 1948-49. He worked as a freelance arranger in the 1940s and did much work arranging for radio. In the 1950s and 1960s he went into semiretirement from music, working in radio engineering.Gifford led only one session as a bandleader, which yielded four tunes for Victor Records in 1935.[Gifford] approached his task as an \"engineer\" creating intricate staccato passages which hurtled along as if on well oiled rollers from which the soloists were suddenly launched. His originals were like demonic steam trains where every moving part flashed and meshed in impossible displays of kinetic energy".
- Gene_Gifford activeYearsEndYear "1949".
- Gene_Gifford activeYearsStartYear "1925".
- Gene_Gifford associatedBand Casa_Loma_Orchestra.
- Gene_Gifford associatedBand Jean_Goldkette.
- Gene_Gifford associatedMusicalArtist Casa_Loma_Orchestra.
- Gene_Gifford associatedMusicalArtist Jean_Goldkette.
- Gene_Gifford background "non_performing_personnel".
- Gene_Gifford birthDate "1908-05-31".
- Gene_Gifford birthPlace Americus,_Georgia.
- Gene_Gifford birthYear "1908".
- Gene_Gifford deathDate "1970-11-12".
- Gene_Gifford deathPlace Memphis,_Tennessee.
- Gene_Gifford deathYear "1970".
- Gene_Gifford genre Jazz.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Arrangement.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Banjo.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Composer.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Guitar.
- Gene_Gifford occupation Broadcast_engineering.
- Gene_Gifford occupation Musician.
- Gene_Gifford occupation Teacher.
- Gene_Gifford recordLabel RCA_Records.
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- Gene_Gifford wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gene Gifford".
- Gene_Gifford wikiPageWikiLinkText "Gifford".
- Gene_Gifford wikiPageWikiLinkText "H. Eugene Gifford".
- Gene_Gifford associatedActs Casa_Loma_Orchestra.
- Gene_Gifford associatedActs Jean_Goldkette.
- Gene_Gifford background "non_performing_personnel".
- Gene_Gifford birthDate "1908-05-31".
- Gene_Gifford birthName "Harold Eugene Gifford".
- Gene_Gifford birthPlace Americus,_Georgia.
- Gene_Gifford dateOfBirth "1908-05-31".
- Gene_Gifford dateOfDeath "1970-11-12".
- Gene_Gifford deathDate "1970-11-12".
- Gene_Gifford deathPlace Memphis,_Tennessee.
- Gene_Gifford genre Jazz.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Arrangement.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Banjo.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Composer.
- Gene_Gifford instrument Guitar.
- Gene_Gifford label RCA_Records.
- Gene_Gifford name "Gene Gifford".
- Gene_Gifford name "Gifford, Gene".
- Gene_Gifford occupation Broadcast_engineering.
- Gene_Gifford occupation Musician.
- Gene_Gifford occupation Teacher.
- Gene_Gifford placeOfBirth Americus,_Georgia.
- Gene_Gifford placeOfDeath Memphis,_Tennessee.
- Gene_Gifford shortDescription "American musician".
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- Gene_Gifford yearsActive "1925".
- Gene_Gifford description "American musician".
- Gene_Gifford description "American musician".
- Gene_Gifford subject Category:1908_births.
- Gene_Gifford subject Category:1970_deaths.
- Gene_Gifford subject Category:20th-century_American_musicians.
- Gene_Gifford subject Category:American_jazz_banjoists.
- Gene_Gifford subject Category:American_jazz_guitarists.
- Gene_Gifford hypernym Banjoist.
- Gene_Gifford type Agent.
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