Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Fonds Joe Bell
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Fonds
Repository
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1934-1945 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
10 cm de documents textuels. 74 photographies.
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Joe Bell was born December 20, 1908 in Chester-Le-Street, Durham, England. He emigrated with his family to Canada in 1919 and settled in Toronto. He married in 1934, and he and his wife Anne had a daughter, Joan. He died in Montreal December 4, 1972. He received musical training through membership in the Salvation Army Dovercourt Corps Band. He worked as a bank clerk, but wanted to earn his living as a trombonist. In 1934 he left Toronto and the Old Mill, where he had been playing with the Leo Romanelli Dance Orchestra, to join the Kramer Band in Montreal. There he played in numerous night clubs such as The Lido, Chez Maurice, and The Normandie Roof in the Mount Royal Hotel. From 1945 to 1965 Joe Bell played with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra as first trombone, and then as second. He also taught at McGill University's Music Department, as well as at the McGill Summer Music School in the Eastern Townships. He retired in 1965.
Name of creator
Biographical history
Joe Bell naît le 20 décembre 1908 à Chester-le-Street, dans le Comté de Durham en Angleterre, et meurt le 4 décembre 1972 à Montréal. En 1919, il émigre avec sa famille au Canada et s'établit à Toronto. Il se marie en 1934, et lui et son épouse Anne ont une fille prénommée Joan. Il acquiert sa formation musicale comme membre du Salvation Army Dovercourt Corps Band. Il travaille comme commis dans une banque, mais Joe Bell préfère recourir à ses habiletés de tromboniste pour gagner sa vie. En 1934, il quitte Toronto et le Old Mill où il jouait avec le Leo Romanelli Dance Orchestra, pour se joindre au Kramer Band à Montréal. Il joue alors dans de nombreuses boîtes de nuit telles le Lido, Chez Maurice et le Normandie Roof de l'hôtel Mont-Royal. De 1945 à 1965, Joe Bell est successivement premier et second tromboniste de l'Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Il enseigne également au département de musique de l'Université McGill, ainsi qu'à la McGill Summer Music School dans les Cantons de l'Est. Il prend sa retraite en 1965. Les documents sont en anglais.
Custodial history
Scope and content
Le fonds Joe Bell porte sur le jazz à Montréal et les personnalités qui l´ont influencé durant les années 1930 et 1940. Le fonds est constitué du spicilège que Joe Bell a constitué et qui contient des photographies promotionnelles des différents orchestres et des musiciens avec qui il partageait la scène. On y retrouve des coupures de presse, des menus ainsi que des cartes de boîtes de nuit et de salles de bal.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Associated materials
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
2015-03-30
Language of description
- French