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| 1. | Honeysuckle Rose
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| 2. | New King Porter Stomp
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| 3. | Underneath the Harlem Moon
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| 4. | Queer Notions
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| 5. | Night Life
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| 6. | Nagasaki
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| 7. | Rhythm Crazy Now
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| 8. | Ain't Cha Glad?
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| 9. | Hocus Pocus
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| 10. | Tidal Wave
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| 11. | Christopher Columbus
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| 12. | Blue Lou
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| 13. | Stealin' Apples
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| 14. | Jangled Nerves
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| 15. | Grand Terrace Rhythm
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| 16. | Riffin'
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| 17. | Shoe Shine Boy
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| 18. | Sing, Sing, Sing
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| 19. | Jimtown Blues
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| 20. | Rhythm of the Tambourine
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| 21. | Back in Your Own Backyard
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| 22. | Chris and His Gang
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Jazz / Big Band, Swing, Early Jazz
Albert Wynn Trombone
Bernard Addison Guitar
Big Sid Catlett Drums
Bob Lessey Guitar
Bob Stark Trumpet
Bobby Stark Trumpet
Buster Bailey Clarinet
Chu Berry Sax (Tenor)
Claude Jones Trombone
Coleman Hawkins Sax (Tenor)
Dick Vance Trumpet
Dicky Wells Trombone
Don Pasquall Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto), Baritone
Ed Cuffee Trombone
Elmer Williams Sax (Tenor)
Emmett Berry Trumpet
Fernando Arbello Trombone
Fletcher Henderson Piano, ?, Arranger
Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra ?
Freddie White Guitar
George Washington Trombone
Henry "Red" Allen Trumpet
Hilton Jefferson Sax (Alto)
Horace Henderson Arranger, Piano, ?
Israel Crosby Bass
J.C. Higginbotham Trombone
Jerry Blake Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
Joe Thomas Trumpet
John Kirby Bass
John McConnell Trombone
Katherine Handy Vocals
Keg Johnson Trombone
Lawrence Lucie Guitar
Mike Doyle Compilation, Research, Compilation Producer
Mike Dyle Compilation
Omer Simeon Baritone, Sax (Baritone), Sax (Alto)
Pete Suggs Drums
Phil Duffy Design
Rex Stewart Trumpet
Roy Eldridge Trumpet
Russell Procope Sax (Alto), Clarinet
Russell Smith Trumpet
Sandy Williams Trombone
Scoops Carey Sax (Alto)
Vic Bellerby Liner Notes, Compilation
Walter Johnson Drums
Nice reissue featuring the great swing era bandleader Fletcher Henderson and his orchestra on recordings from 1932 to 1937. Some players presented include Omer Simeon, Coleman Hawkins, and Big Sid Catlett. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide
Fletcher Henderson
Active Decades: '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s
Born: Dec 18, 1897 in Cuthbert, GA
Died: Dec 29, 1952 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Big Band, Early Jazz, Swing
Fletcher Henderson was very important to early jazz as leader of the first great jazz big band, as an arranger and composer in the 1930s, and as a masterful talent scout. Between 1923-1939, quite an all-star cast of top young black jazz musicians passed through his orchestra, including trumpeters Louis Armstrong, Joe Smith, Tommy Ladnier, Rex Stewart, Bobby Stark, Cootie Williams, Red Allen, and Roy Eldridge; trombonists Charlie Green, Benny Morton, Jimmy Harrison, Sandy Williams, J.C. Higginbottham, and Dickie Wells; clarinetist Buster Bailey; tenors Coleman Hawkins (1924-1934), Ben Webster, Lester Young (whose brief stint was not recorded), and Chu Berry; altoists Benny Carter, Russell Procope, and Hilton Jefferson; bassists John Kirby and Israel Crosby; drummers Kaiser Marshall, Walter Johnson, and Sid Catlett; guest pianist Fats Waller; and such arrangers as Don Redman, Benny Carter, Edgar Sampson, and Fletcher's younger brother Horace Henderson. And yet, at the height of the swing era, Henderson's band was little-known.
Fletcher Henderson had a degree in chemistry and mathematics, but when he came to New York in 1920 with hopes of becoming a chemist, the only job he could find (due to the racism of the times) was as a song demonstrator with the Pace-Handy music company. Harry Pace soon founded the Black Swan label, and Henderson, a versatile but fairly basic pianist, became an important contributor behind the scenes, organizing bands and backing blues vocalists. Although he started recording as a leader in 1921, it was not until January 1924 that he put together his first permanent big band. Using Don Redman's innovative arrangements, he was soon at the top of his field. His early recordings (Henderson made many records during 1923-1924) tend to be both futuristic and awkward, with strong musicianship but staccato phrasing. However, after Louis Armstrong joined up in late 1924 and Don Redman started contributing more swinging arrangements, the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra had no close competitors artistically until the rise of Duke Ellington in 1927. By then, Henderson's band (after a period at the Club Alabam) was playing regularly at the Roseland Ballroom but, due to the bandleader being a very indifferent businessman, the all-star outfit recorded relatively little during its peak (1927-1930).
With the departure of Redman in 1927, and the end of interim periods when Benny Carter and Horace Henderson wrote the bulk of the arrangements, Fletcher himself developed into a top arranger by the early '30s. However, the Depression took its toll on the band, and the increased competition from other orchestras (along with some bad business decisions and the loss of Coleman Hawkins) resulted in Henderson breaking up the big band in early 1935. Starting in 1934, he began contributing versions of his better arrangements to Benny Goodman's new orchestra (including "King Porter Stomp," "Sometimes I'm Happy," and "Down South Camp Meeting"), and ironically Goodman's recordings were huge hits at a time when Fletcher Henderson's name was not known to the general public. In 1936, he put together a new orchestra and immediately had a hit in "Christopher Columbus," but after three years he had to disband again in 1939. Henderson worked as a staff arranger for Goodman and even played in B.G.'s Sextet for a few months (although his skills on the piano never did develop much). He struggled through the 1940s, leading occasional bands (including one in the mid-'40s that utilized some arrangements by the young Sun Ra). In 1950, Henderson had a fine sextet with Lucky Thompson, but a stroke ended his career and led to his death in 1952. Virtually all of Fletcher Henderson's recordings as a leader (and many are quite exciting) are currently available on the Classics label and in more piecemeal fashion domestically.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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