Noble Sissle

Noble Thistle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on July 10, 1889. Early interest in his music came from his father, pastor and organist. When Noble was 17, he moved to Cleveland and in 1908 before he graduated from high school, he joined the male quartet and participated in the midwest dance and juggling tour for four weeks. After graduation he joined the Gospel Quartet and took part in the same tour. As the success of James Rees Europe brought a new interest to black artists, Sissle was asked to organize his own orchestra led by Indianapolis' Severin Hotel.

In 1918, Still joined the US Navy to participate in the First World War. From 1919 to 1921 he served as a arranger for the W · C · handy band and then played at the orchestra Shuffle Along Orchestra at Orle Sissle and Eubie Blake. In the late 1920s, he was still a arranger for "Black Rhapsody" composed of Yamekraw, famous Harlem stride pianist James P. Johnson. He was originally hired by Paul Whiteman in early November 1929. In the 1930s he was still a pop music arranger, both created for the popular NBC radio broadcast Willard Robinson's Deep River Times and Paul Whiteman's Old Gold Show. In 1936, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra was still the first African-American to command the major American orchestra in the United States.

In the stage of juggling, African-American performers continue to be asked to wear black faces at the beginning of the 20th century. But in 1919, the performance of Noble Sistle and UbiBreak and the composer duo refused to wear black in their board building performances. Since other African-American performers were still hacked, they were able to create exceptions for themselves, but their statements can be regarded as the beginning of the black face's end It was. Bird's performance style was outdated as African Americans began to claim political power by winning racial discrimination in the early 20th century. Listen to the story of Vaughan de Rees singing one of the most famous works of Thistle and Blake.

Shuffle is made by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake. Some of the music arrangements are done by Still. The show was a success with 504 performances held in New York City before the tour with the African-American actor as a nod, very successful. Research with the composer George Chadwick is still free. They were in the New England Conservatory and Chadwick was the director who began in 1921. With this scholarship, he was able to research and compose music for two years in New York with an avant-garde composer Edgar Varese. The Guggenheim Award and Rosenwald Scholarship were also awarded. Professor De Lerma explained that it is still deviating from the technology of Varese.