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The membership of the band remained stable until 1986. At that time, tired of the band's extensive touring schedule, Thackery departed to join 'The Assassins' (a part-time "vacation band" he helped found), eventually fronting 'The Drivers' and other groups and to record for Blind Pig Records, and Telarc Records. [1]
Nighthawks Orchestra is a New York–based musical group, led by music historian Vince Giordano, that concentrates on recreations of the hot jazz and dance music styles of the period between 1919 and the mid-1930s.
Vince Giordano (born March 11, 1952) is an American saxophonist and leader of the New York-based Nighthawks Orchestra.He specializes in jazz of the 1920s and 1930s and his primary instrument is the bass saxophone. [1]
Night Hawk is an album by saxophonists Coleman Hawkins with Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, recorded at the end of 1960 and released on the Swingville label. [1] [2] Reception
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra was the first Kansas City jazz band to achieve national recognition, which it acquired through national radio broadcasts. It was founded in 1918, as the Coon-Sanders Novelty Orchestra, by drummer Carleton Coon and pianist Joe Sanders.
In 1986 he began touring with The Assassins, a six-piece original blues, rock and R&B ensemble which he had previously helped start as a vacation band when The Nighthawks took one of their rare breaks. Originally billed as Jimmy Thackery and The Assassins, the band toured the U.S. Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, South, and Texas regions.
Robert Lee McCollum (November 30, 1909 – November 5, 1967) [1] was an American blues musician who played and recorded under the pseudonyms Robert Lee McCoy and Robert Nighthawk. He was the father of the blues musician Sam Carr .
He also teamed up with his distant cousin Robert Nighthawk, [3] whom he taught to play the guitar. [4] Originally a fan of Tommy Johnson, Stackhouse often covered his songs. [1] In 1946, Stackhouse moved to Helena, Arkansas, to live near Nighthawk and for a time was a member of Nighthawk’s band, playing on KFFA radio. [2]