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Fletcher Henderson
Fletcher Henderson
Artist Information
Genres: Big Band, Swing, Classic Jazz
Active: 30's, 40's, 50's
Born: December 18, 1897 in Cuthbert, GA
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Biography
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.
Discography
Release: March 23, 2007
Label: Absord
Release: January 13, 2005
Label: Ginkgo, Our World