cl, 1916-1968 US, Detroit
Musician / Arranger of Jazz
Bill Stegmeyer (October 8, 1916 - August 19, 1968) was an American jazz clarinetist and arranger.Stegmeyer attended Transylvania College from 1934 to 1936, and following his studies played with Austin Wylie (1937), Glenn Miller (1938), and Bob Crosby (1939–40). In the 1940s he did arrangement work and played clarinet (and occasionally, saxophone) with Billy Butterfield, Yank Lawson, Bobby Hackett, Will Bradley, and Billie Holiday (1945–47). He arranged for WXYZ, a Detroit radio station, from 1948 to 1950, and following this arranged for Your Hit Parade (1950–58) and CBS (early 1960s). In the 1950s he also continued to play jazz, with Lawson, Butterfield, Bob Haggart, Jimmy McPartland, and Ruby Braff. He died of cancer at age 51 in 1968. His only recordings as a leader were five tunes for S
Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Mostly Instrumentals Part One | The V-Disc All Stars Featuring Woody Herman, The Catalina Sextette - Dave Matthews - Bill Stegmeyer - Clark Terry - Roy Eldridge, Bob Haggart | 2012 | Compil. |
Jazz Encounter | Will Bradley, Trigger Alpert, Lou Stein, Paul Kashian, Bill Stegmeyer, Bud Freeman, Rex Stewart, Barry Galbraith | Single | |
Nobody's Sweetheart | Peggy Lloyd With Orchestra Under Direction Of Bill Stegmeyer | Single |
Bill Stegmeyer And His Hot Eight |
Bill Stegmeyer And His Orchestra US Pop and Jazz |