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He was one of the most prolific black musical arrangers and, along with Duke Ellington, is considered one of the most influential arrangers and bandleaders in jazz history. Henderson's influence was vast. He helped bridge the gap between the Dixieland and the swing eras.
Fletcher Henderson, American musical arranger, bandleader, and pianist who was a leading pioneer in the sound, style, and instrumentation of big band jazz. ‘King Porter Stomp,’ ‘Bugle Call Rag,’ ‘Sometimes I’m Happy,’ and ‘Wrappin’ It Up’ are Henderson arrangements that were hits for Benny Goodman.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Henderson war der erste Jazz-Künstler, der eine Big-Band gründete. Seine Arrangements für sowohl „schwarze“ als auch „weiße“ Orchester bildeten der Beginn der Swing-Ära. Henderson wird gelegentlich als eigentlicher „King of Swing“ bezeichnet. Bekannte Titel (Auswahl)
4. Dez. 2018 · Henderson played a key role in bringing improvisatory jazz styles from New Orleans and other areas of the country to New York, where they merged with a dance-band tradition that relied heavily on arrangements written out in musical notation.
Die wegweisenden stilbildenden Saxophonisten der 20er- und 30er-Jahre, haben bei ihm gespielt: Coleman Hawkins hat bei Henderson das Tenorsaxophon im Jazz verankert. Sein Antipode Lester Young wirkte kurze Zeit im Orchester. Auch so wegweisende Saxophonisten wie Ben Webster, Chu Berry, Benny Carter und Don Redman wirkten bei ihm. Letztere beide ...
19. Dez. 2007 · During his orchestra's peak years in the 1920s and '30s, he helped define the sound of big-band jazz, pioneering musical ideas which today are taken for granted. Henderson was born in...
11. Juni 2018 · Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952) was a key figure in the development of the ensemble jazz style known as swing. As a bandleader and composer himself, and as an arranger for the Benny Goodman Band in that group's golden years just before World War II , he nurtured both the sound of swing and the players who made the music.
