Julius J. "Geechie" Fields (September 9, 1904 – August 15, 1997)U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 was an American jazz trombonist.
Early life Fields grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and learned to play trombone at the Jenkins Orphanage.
Career In the early 1920s he became a touring member of the Jenkins Orphanage bands, then relocated to New York City, where he was a house musician at John O'Connor's club."Geechie Fields". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld, 2004. Primarily a trombonist, he was also credited as playing the alto saxophone and clarinet. He played with Earle Howard in 1926 and 1927, recorded with Jelly Roll Morton in 1928 and 1930, and with Charlie Skeete and Bill Benford in 1929. He also worked with Clarence Williams and James P. Johnson.
Personal life In the 1930s, Fields married singer Myra Johnson. He later left music to become a boxing coach.
References
Further reading L. Wright: Mr. Jelly Lord (Chigwell, England, 1980) Tom Lord: Clarence Williams (Chigwell, England, 1976) John Chilton: A Jazz Nursery: the Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Bands of Charleston, South Carolina (London, 1980)