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https://youtu.be/Rz0KaAMHzuQ

>No one meant as much to Ra as Fletcher Henderson (1897–1952). With the exception of Ellington, no bandleader's repertoire was honored more in Ra's set lists than the man who invented the jazz big band.
#SunRa #fletcherhenderson #bigband
https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/hendersonia-sun-ra-performs-fletcher-henderson

#DemandezLeProgramme #jazz :
1937 - Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra, Chick Webb and his Orchestra, Teddy Hill and his Orchestra - Harlem Savoy

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Rewatching the Ken Burns Jazz series as it happened to be on telly, nice that Fletcher Henderson gets a good bit of space. Henderson's is my favourite early big band.

I was thinking about great last recordings by folk recently. Fletcher Henderson Sextet (1950) is a really nice live set. Sad to think he was gone not long after. Plus it's got Lucky Thomson on it! Anything with Lucky on is guaranteed to be good.

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Soft winds

https://youtu.be/9Fc9qyNZ9b0

In the brief moment between #Dixieland and #Swing, a generous dollop of Hot Mustard !
#FletcherHenderson #BigBand #JazzLegend

Gift to myself! Fletcher Henderson "bio-discography" (i.e. nerdography).

Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson and His Musicians
by Walter C. Allen

Jazz Monographs No. 4
2nd ed 1974

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