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4. Apr. 2023 · Yet Fletcher Henderson was a pivotal bandleader, leading possibly the most dynamic early big band of the ‘20s and ‘30s and having been an enormous draw and popularity both in performances and recordings. As an early post-Dixieland/Ragtime innovator, he helped define the sound of Big Band Jazz. “
1. Feb. 2002 · Kirby, originally a tuba player, switched to bass in 1930 when he joined Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra. He was one of the better bassists of the 1930s, playing with Henderson (1930-33 and 1935-36) and Chick Webb's big band (1933-35). John Kirby was born in Winchester, VA in 1908 and died in Hollywood, California in 1952.
19. Dez. 2007 · Bandleader, arranger and pianist Fletcher Henderson is one of the most influential — and yet least-known — jazz masters. During his orchestra's peak years in the 1920s and '30s, he helped ...
Although Fletcher Henderson moved to New York intending to become a chemist, he wound up mixing sounds, not compounds. Chemistry work was hard to come by, so Henderson took piano-playing gigs with various big-band jazz groups. In January 1924, he landed a job at a well-known dance hall, the Roseland Ballroom.
14. Okt. 2023 · Fletcher Henderson was a major force in establishing big band music, with accomplished ensembles that included musicians of the quality of Louis Armstrong, saxophonists Coleman Hawkins and Benny ...
28. Feb. 2023 · It was not clear at this point that Henderson would emerge as a leading figure in this group of arrangers, or as the “maker” of the Goodman sound, but by early January, Goodman had a number of Henderson arrangements in his book. He started playing them on the radio and really liked what he heard. He then noticed that when they got out of the studio and played public performances during the ...
Webster worked with the orchestras of Bennie Moten and Andy Kirk in the early 1930s, then with Fletcher Henderson and Cab Calloway, and was a key member of Duke Ellington’s orchestra from 1940 to 1943 and again at the end of the 1940s. He was the first major tenor saxophonist to join Ellington’s band and his style matured during his time with the band. He toured and recorded with George ...
