Charlie Irvis
{{short description|American jazz trombonist}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Charlie Irvis
| birth_date = May 6, 1899
| birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{circa|1939}} (aged 39–40)
| death_place = New York City, New York, U.S.
| genre = Jazz
| instrument = Trombone
}}
Charlie Irvis (May 6, 1899 – 1939){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/charlie-irvis-mn0000806602/biography|title=Charlie Irvis Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic|access-date=16 September 2021}} was an American jazz trombonist, best known for performing in Duke Ellington's band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/irvis-charlie-actually-charles|title=Irvis, Charlie (actually, Charles) | Encyclopedia.com|website=Encyclopedia.com|access-date=16 September 2021}}
Career
Irvis played with Bubber Miley in his youth and then with blues singer Lucille Hegamin and her Blue Flame Syncopators from 1920 to 1921.{{cite book|title=The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=1235}} Following this he played with Willie "The Lion" Smith and with Duke Ellington's orchestra (1924–1926), as well as recording occasionally with Clarence Williams between 1923 and 1927. Irvis, along with friends Miley and Tricky Sam Nanton, all contributed to the development of "jungle sounds" (growl effects) in trombone playing. After leaving Ellington's band, he recorded with Fats Waller (1927, 1929) and played with Charlie Johnson (1927–1928) and Jelly Roll Morton (1929–1930). Some of his latest recordings were in 1931 with Miley again, and shortly thereafter with Elmer Snowden.
Personal life
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