Editing Jimmie Noone (section)

=== 1913–1942 ===
In 1913, Noone was playing professionally with [[Freddie Keppard]],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> in [[Storyville, New Orleans|Storyville]], replacing Bechet. In 1916, when Keppard went on tour, Noone and [[Buddie Petit]] formed the Young Olympia Band, and Noone led a small ensemble (clarinet, piano, drums) unusual for its time.<ref name="Kenney">Kenney, William Howland III, "Jimmie Noone: Chicago's Classic Jazz Clarinetist". ''[[Journal of the Society for American Music|American Music]]'', Volume 4 Number 2 (Summer 1986).</ref>{{Rp|145–146|date=June 2014}}

In 1917, Noone played with [[Kid Ory]] and [[Papa Celestin|Oscar Celestin]] until the Storyville district was permanently closed.<ref name="Rose"/>{{Rp|93|date=June 2014}} He rejoined Keppard and the [[Freddie Keppard#Original Creole Orchestra|Original Creole Orchestra]] on the vaudeville circuit until the group broke up the following year.

In 1918, Noone moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he studied with symphony clarinetist Franz Schoepp.<ref name="Feather">[[Leonard Feather|Feather, Leonard]], ''The Encyclopedia of Jazz''. New York: Horizon Press, 1960.</ref>{{Rp|352|date=June 2014}} He played for two years (1918–1920) at Chicago's Royal Garden Cafe with [[Paul Barbarin]] (drums), [[Joe "King" Oliver|King Oliver]], [[William Manuel Johnson|Bill Johnson]] (bass), Lottie Taylor (piano) and Eddie Vinson (trombone).<ref name="LarkinGE"/> In 1920, Noone joined Keppard in [[Doc Cook]]'s dance orchestra,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> in which he played saxophone and clarinet for six years.<ref name="Kenney"/>{{Rp|146|date=June 2014}} Noone was a brother-in-law of both Barbarin and Keppard.<ref name="Rose">Rose, Al, and [[Doc Souchon|Souchon, Edmond]], ''New Orleans Jazz: A Family Album''. Baton Rouge and London: [[Louisiana State University Press]], 1967, revised edition 1978, {{ISBN|0-8071-0374-8}}</ref>{{Rp|93|date=June 2014}}

In 1926, Noone began to lead the band at the Apex Club,<ref name="LarkinGE"/> at 330 E. 35th Street,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/su/cja/jazzmaps/apex.htm |title=Apex Club (1927 theatre program advertisement) |publisher=Chicago Jazz Archive, [[University of Chicago Library]] |access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> one of a wealth of [[Jazz#The Jazz Age|Jazz Age]] clubs on Chicago's [[South Side, Chicago|South Side]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1993/09/05/hotter-near-the-lake/ |title=Hotter Near the Lake: From King Oliver to Nat King Cole and Beyond, Chicago Has Been a Wellspring of Great Jazz |date=September 5, 1993 |publisher=Reich, Howard, [[Chicago Tribune]], September 5, 1993 |access-date=June 29, 2014}}</ref> Jimmie Noone's Apex Club Orchestra had an unusual instrumentation—a front line consisting of clarinet and alto saxophone ({{ill|Joe Poston|de}}, who worked with Noone in Doc Cook's band),<ref name="Kenney"/>{{Rp|146–147|date=June 2014}} with piano ([[Earl Hines]]), drums ([[Ollie Powers]], succeeded by Johnny Wells in 1928) and guitar ([[Bud Scott]]).<ref name="Decca Apex Blues"/>

Noone signed with [[Brunswick Records]] in May 1928 and was assigned to their [[Vocalion Records|Vocalion]] label. The first session yielded "Four or Five Times" backed with "Every Evening (I Miss You)" (Vocalion 1185), which was a best seller.

"The quintet which Noone brought to Vocalion was unique in that it preserved New Orleans' musical concepts without using brass instruments," wrote jazz historian Richard Hadlock in his notes to Decca's 1994 remastered reissue of the 1928–1929 Apex Club Orchestra recordings. "Joe Poston and Noone took turns playing a loose, melodic lead and the powerful right hand of Hines was often blended into the front line to plump up the harmony...Noone seemed to keep one foot in traditional New Orleans bandsmanship and the other in the new movement toward virtuoso swing solo playing."<ref name="Decca Apex Blues"/>

Noone inspired [[Maurice Ravel]]'s 1928 composition, ''[[Boléro]]''.<ref>"Jimmie Noone, Band Leader, Dies". ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 21, 1944.</ref> [[Benny Goodman]] was among the teenage musicians often seen at the Apex Club. "He absorbed in his own playing the beautiful tone and sparkling flow of Jimmie Noone", wrote [[John S. Wilson (music critic)|John S. Wilson]], music critic for ''The New York Times''.<ref name="Wilson">{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=John S. |title=Benny Goodman, King of Swing, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/14/obituaries/benny-goodman-king-of-swing-is-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=February 29, 2020 |date=June 14, 1986}}</ref> Not yet ten years old, [[Nat King Cole]] listened to Noone's band on the radio, and he would sneak out his window to sit in the alley outside the nightclub and listen to Noone and Hines. Some ten years later, when a customer badgered Cole to sing along with his instrumental trio, the first song he sang was "[[Sweet Lorraine]]", Noone's theme song.<ref name="Gourse">{{cite book |last1=Gourse |first1=Leslie |title=Unforgettable: The Life and Mystique of Nat King Cole |date=1991 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York City |isbn=0-312-05982-5 |pages=8, 33 |edition=1st}}</ref>{{Rp|8, 33|date=June 2014}}

Noone remained in Chicago, working at the Apex Club until it was raided and shut down in 1929,<ref name="Decca Apex Blues"/> and then worked at other Chicago clubs throughout the next decade. He recorded with Doc Cook's band as well as his own. In 1931, Noone left Chicago for a month at the [[Savoy Ballroom]], and in 1935 he briefly moved to [[New York City]], to start a band and a (short-lived) club with [[Wellman Braud]]. He made long tours around the country, including performances in New Orleans.<ref name="Kenney"/>{{Rp|146|date=June 2014}}

Noone remained with Brunswick through 1935 (mostly on Vocalion, but also had a number of records issued on Brunswick) and then signed with [[Decca Records|Decca]] in early 1936 and one session each for Decca in 1936, 1937 and 1940. He did one session for [[Bluebird Records|Bluebird]] also in 1940.

With [[swing music]] dominating jazz, Noone tried leading a [[big band]]—singer [[Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams]] made his professional debut in 1937 with the group<ref>Wilson, John S., "In the Arts: Critics' Choices". ''The New York Times'', May 9, 1982.</ref>—but he went back to his small-ensemble format.<ref name="Decca Apex Blues"/>