Name Snoozer Quinn | ||
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Albums The Magic of Snoozer Quinn Similar People Johnny Wiggs, New Orleans Owls, Dick McDonough, Carl Kress, Frankie Trumbauer | ||
Snoozer quinn in 1932
Ed "Snoozer" Quinn (1907 – 1949) was a jazz guitarist who was admired by his fellow musicians but who left few recordings.
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Career
Quinn was born Edward McIntosh Quinn in Pike County, Mississippi, in 1907. He and his family moved to Bogalusa, Louisiana, when he was a toddler.
In his teens and early twenties he was a member of the Paul English Traveling Shows and Peck's Bad Boys led by Peck Kelley. For a brief period he led the Louisiana Ramblers. In the mid-1920s he made a series of radio broadcasts as a banjo virtuoso.
Quinn was hired by Paul Whiteman in New Orleans after Whiteman heard him playing backstage. He recorded with the Whiteman Orchestra, but he can hardly be heard. While backing vocalist Bing Crosby in the 1930s he was given the nickname "Snoozer". Although he didn't recorded with Crosby, he recorded with vocalist Bee Palmer and country singer Jimmie Davis.
Back in New Orleans, Quinn contracted tuberclosis. In 1948, Johnny Wiggs brought a recording machine to Quinn and persuaded him to play. Quinn died six months later. Many years passed before his performances were released by Fat Cat Jazz on his only album, The Legendary Snoozer Quinn.
