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23. Juli 2010 · Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesWhen Buddha Smiles · Benny Goodman · Arthur Freed · Nacio BrownBenny Goodman Plays Fletcher Henderson℗ 1993 © H...
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Music by Arthur Freed, lyrics by Nacio Herb Brown. Arranged by Fletcher Henderson. Performed by Benny Goodman and His Orchestra. Recorded 11/22/35.Record lab...
Some of his most celebrated arrangements were made for Benny Goodman, among them "When Buddha Smiles," "King Porter Stomp," "Blue Skies," and "Down South Camp Mereting." During the 1940s he continued to write for Goodman and others, and once in a while formed a band for special dates. In 1950 he fell in the street, apparently as the result of a ...
In November 1934, Goodman started a series of weekly broadcasts on the "Let's Dance" program, using additional arrangements by Fletcher Henderson. Through radio's effectiveness in dissemination and by touring throughout the United States, Goodman became known as "The King of Swing," one of the most widely-known and significant figures in popular music towards the end of the 1930s.
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James Fletcher Hendersonwas born December 18, 1897, in Cuthbert, Georgia, growing up as part of a middle-class African-American family. His father was a school principal and his mother a teacher who gave him piano lessons starting when he was six. When he was 18, Henderson started attending Atlanta University, graduating in 1920 with a bachelor’s d...
A distinguished-looking and soft-spoken gentleman whose background was primarily in classical music, Fletcher Henderson was never considered a masterful pianist on the level of James P. Johnson. He only recorded four unaccompanied piano solos in his life (all during 1921-23) but was thought of as a decent accompanist and an attractive front man for...
While Fletcher Henderson was just a competent pianist and had not really developed his arranging style yet, his greatest skill in the 1920s and ’30s was as a talent scout. His orchestra featured the who’s who of black jazz, mostly younger players who were not yet known but would have major careers. Just to name a few, during 1925-34 his orchestra f...
Fletcher Henderson decided to try again in 1936, forming a new big band that included such young notables as trumpeter Roy Eldridge, tenor-saxophonist Chu Berry, bassist Israel Crosby, and drummer Sid Catlett. He had a minor hit with “Christopher Columbus,” used “Stealin’ Apples” as his theme, and was off to a good start. But after three years, the...
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1990 Vinyl release of "When Buddha Smiles" on Discogs.
When Buddha Smiles: 3:15: 11: Christopher Columbus: 3:37: 12: I Know That You Know: 2:08: 13: Stardust: 2:55: 14: You Turned The Tables On Me: 2:52: 15: Down South Camp Meeting: 3:21: 16: St. Louis Blues: 3:25: 17: Alexander's Ragtime Band: 2:10: 18: I Want To Be Happy: 2:43: 19: Chloe (Song Of The Swamp) 3:19: 20: Rosetta: 2:44: 21: Can't We ...
