Fletcher Henderson

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Fletcher Henderson came from Georgia, studied chemistry and ended up in music in New York. From 1924 he led an orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom that laid the foundation for the big band. With the arranger Don Redman he divided the band into sections that answered one another. In 1924 and 1925 Louis Armstrong played in the band, which taught the musicians to swing. Coleman Hawkins also played there for years. Henderson was a poor businessman and lost his orchestra in the mid-1930s. He sold his arrangements to Benny Goodman, who had great success with them, and later also worked as Goodman's arranger. He died in 1952.

Listening

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  Wrappin' It Up · Fletcher Henderson, 1934
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  The Stampede · Fletcher Henderson, 1926
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  Down South Camp Meeting · Fletcher Henderson, 1934

Discography

Studio albums

• 1921First Impressions
• 1965Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Artie Shaw and Their Orchestras
• 1994Tidal Wave
• 19951924-1936
• ?Smack

Other work

• 1926The Stampede
• 1928King Porter Stomp
• 1934Wrappin' It Up
• 1934Down South Camp Meeting

In School of Rock

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• Jazz Map^NL Map
• Mixtape 1: The Origins of Pop Music^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 1^NL Reader
• After Hours: Session 3^NL Reader
• Magazine: Van Bessie tot Ella^NL Magazine

Mentioned in other articles

• Big band GenreFletcher Henderson and Don Redman laid the foundation in New York in the 1920s; Duke Ellington wrote for the personal sound of his own musicians.

See also

• Swing and big band
• Sun Ra