Don Goldie

Donald Elliott Goldfield, also known as Don Goldie and Billy Franklin (February 5, 1930 - November 19, 1995) was an American jazz trumpeter.

Career

Goldfield was born in Newark, New Jersey.His father was trumpeter Harry Goldfield, who played with Paul Whiteman in the 1920s and 1930s;[1] his mother was Claire St. Claire, who was a concert pianist and a piano teacher for George Gershwin.

In early childhood he began learning piano and then trumpet when he was ten years old. In the late 1940s, while in his teens, he played in New York City with Art Hodes and Willie "The Lion" Smith. He played for a short time in Louis Armstrong's band in the middle of the 1950s. Late in the 1950s he played with Tony Parenti and Joe Mooney, then with Jack Teagarden[1] in 1959 and remained with him until 1963. In the 1960s he released several albums, one with the pseudonym "Billy Franklin". In 1978 he collaborated with the Sir Douglas Quintet. Other associations include Ralph Burns, Neal Hefti, Gene Krupa, Earl Hines, and Buddy Rich. He committed suicide in Miami in 1995.[1][2]

Discography
  • Brilliant (Argo, 1961)
  • Trumpet Exodus (Verve, 1962)
  • The Golden Horn of Billy Franklin (1962)
  • Trumpet Caliente (Argo, 1963)
  • Mixed Bag (Jazz Forum, 1975)
  • The Best of George and Ira Gershwin (Jazz Forum, 1977)
  • The Best of Jimmy McHugh (Jazz Forum, 1977)
  • The Dixie Factor with the Lords of Dixieland (Jazz Forum, 1977)
  • Blowin' Sunshine (Foxy, 1978)
  • The Immortal Cole Porter (Jazz Forum, 1978)
  • The Best of Lerner and Lowe (Jazz Forum, 1978)
  • The Best of Richard Rodgers and Isham Jones (Jazz Forum, 1978)
  • Don Goldie's Dangerous Jazz Band (Jazzology, 1988)
  • Ellington Revisited (Jazz Forum, 2005)
  • All That Jazz with the Lords of Dixieland (Jazz Forum, 2014)
  • Baby Face with the Lords of Dixieland (Jazz Forum, 2018)
  • Sound Off with Jazz Zone (Jazz Forum)
  • Duke Ellington's Best (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Bacharach (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Cole Porter (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Cole Porter Vol. 2 (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Irving Berlin (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Jerome Kern (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Jimmy Van Heusen (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Richard Rodgers (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Richard Rodgers Vol. II (Jazz Forum)
  • The Best of Rodgers & Hammerstein (Jazz Forum)
  • Reflections (Jazz Forum)

As sideman

With Jack Teagarden

  • Jack Teagarden at the Roundtable (Roulette, 1959)
  • Mis'ry and the Blues (Verve, 1961)
  • Think Well of Me (Verve, 1962)
  • Live in Chicago 1960 & 1961 (Jazz Band, 1993)
  • Chicago and All That Jazz! + the Dixie Sound of Jack Teagarden (Lone Hill, 2009)

With others

References
  1. Carr, Ian; Fairweather, Digby; Priestley, Brian (2004). The Rough Guide to Jazz. Rough Guides. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-1-84353-256-9. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. "Don Goldie". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
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