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Dave Tough (David Jarvis Tough) was born on 26 April, 1907 in Oak Park, Illinois, U.S., is an American drummer. Discover Dave Tough's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 41 years old?

Popular As David Jarvis Tough
Occupation Musician
Age 41 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 26 April, 1907
Birthday 26 April
Birthplace Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.
Date of death 9 December, 1948
Died Place Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1907

Dave Tough (April 26, 1907 – December 9, 1948) was an American jazz drummer associated with Dixieland and swing jazz in the 1930s and 1940s.

Born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States, Tough was a friend of Bud Freeman, who was part of a group of musicians known as the Austin High School Gang in Chicago.

1925

In 1925, he became a professional musician, playing with Jack Gardner, Art Kassel, Sig Meyers, and Husk O'Hare's Wolverines.

After two years in Europe, he returned home and played with Benny Goodman and Red Nichols.

1935

He left music for three years until 1935, then joined the big bands of Tommy Dorsey, Red Norvo, Bunny Berigan, and Benny Goodman.

He played Dixieland jazz with Bud Freeman, Jack Teagarden, Eddie Condon, Mezz Mezzrow, and Joe Marsala.

1940

In the 1940s, he played with the big bands of Charlie Spivak and Claude Thornhill, in Artie Shaw's Symphonic Swing Orchestra (1941) and the subsequent naval band led by Shaw (1942-1944), then joined Woody Herman's big band (1945).

He subsequently worked with Eddie Condon, Jerry Gray, Muggsy Spanier, Will Bradley and Jazz at the Philharmonic.

Tough struggled with epilepsy throughout his life.

He died at the age of 41 after falling down and hitting his head on the street in Newark, New Jersey.

1949

"...(Woody) Herman told (Ed) Soph that Dave Tough was an epileptic. This condition wasn't fully understood in the twenties and thirties. In many instances it was considered a mental deficency. As a recommended aid in reducing the epileptic attacks, Tough drank... ...One cold icy evening in the winter of 1949, Dave Tough was out walking on leave from a stay at a Veterans Hospital. He had an epileptic attack, fell hitting his head on the sidewalk and was dead."

1959

He was played by Shelly Manne in the 1959 Paramount Pictures biopic The Five Pennies, a biography of Red Nichols starring Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, and Louis Armstrong.

Dave Tough has been described as "the most important of the drummers of the Chicago circle".

2000

In 2000, he was inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame.

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