KIRK, ANDREW DEWEY

KIRK, ANDREW DEWEY (ANDY). Jazz bandleader (28 May 1898 in Newport, Kentucky). His family moved to Denver, Colorado, when he was a child, and he obtained his musical education in the public schools there. He played piano as a child and later studied alto saxophone. His teachers included Franz Rath, Walter Light, and Wilberforce Whiteman (father of Paul Whiteman), among others. In 1924 he began playing professionally with George Morrison's band on tuba and bass saxophone. He toured and recorded...