'Motown jazz' helping turn Franz into a festival Oct 14, 2008
Franz Jackson started his professional career at 16 with boogie-woogie pianist Albert Ammons and played with virtually every renowned jazz great, including Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Noone, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne. His resume boasted such credits as repeat command performances for the King of Sweden, a 2005 American Heritage Jazz Series honoree as one of the Greatest Living Jazz Tenor Saxophonists, an appearance on "The... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Friday night fun goes ‘Full Blown’ Jul 17, 2008
Barrientos appearances include performing with the Albany State University Jazz Ensemble at the Fletcher Henderson Jr., Macon and Atlanta jazz festivals. For more information, call (229) 439-8400 or visit www. (Albany Herald)
Big Band concert is May 11 May 8, 2008
The concert will feature the academy s award winning big bands including The Kenton Band, The Basie Band, The Ellington Band and The Fletcher Henderson Band performing music of the 30 s, 40 s and 50 s.. Every mother and grandmother attending the concert will receive a gift package including a long stem red rose, chocolate covered strawberries and a $25 gift certificate to Metropolis Salons. (FOX 11, AZ)
The playlist Apr 15, 2008
You'll find Fletcher Henderson influenced big band workouts rubbing up next to crazy, I mean Krazy, rollers about Batman and spilling out onto the spacefloor with gems like Disco 3000. If I could, I'd bury myself in space dust and listen through my pores to this until I rot in peace. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Jeff Healey in Memoriam Mar 6, 2008
The wall was a vinyl museum filled with of jazz platters of masters A to Z- Bix Beiderbecke, Artie Shaw, Fletcher Henderson, and Louis Satchmo Armstrong all lovingly preserved. Healey asked for a favourite jazz selection and then played some Satchmo on one of two custom made gramophones. (Suite101.com)
Jeff Healey: 'He had so much joy' Mar 4, 2008
For instance, years ago, he helped to issue a CD compilation of rare recordings of Fletcher Henderson with Louis Armstrong, Petersen noted. It only proves yet again that successfully creative people are not just talented at their particular specialties, but are energized, multifaceted phenomena whom we are lucky to have witnessed. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Public radio Feb 23, 2008
Their real name was the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, and here s some of their best, under an assumed name. 4 p.m. Jazz At Lincoln Center. (Montana Standard, MT)
Pick out a box set for every musical taste Nov 23, 2007
Among the highlights are Teddy Wilson's late-'30s chamber recordings, the recording debut of Roy Eldridge, key tracks by Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith's final session and a session led by Gene Krupa and Benny Goodman. Frills: A booklet includes an essay by Jazz Museum of Harlem director Loren Schoenberg, a detailed discography and rare photos. (USA Today -- Life)
Stars align in Dowagiac for unforgettable show Nov 6, 2007
Jewell narrated a slideshow, "A Short Version of a Long Life" about his remarkable eight-decade career which began at 16 in 1929 with stride pianist Albert Ammons and continued in the 1930s and '40s with Carroll Dickerson, Jimmy Noone, Walter Barnes, Roy Eldridge, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, Earl Hines, Fats Waller, Cab Calloway and James P. Johnson. Jackson replaced Ben Webster in Henderson's and Eldridge's bands and won attention for big band composing and arranging for Benny Goodman,... (Dowagiac News, MI)
Harlem harmonies Nov 3, 2007
Listing Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Eubie Blake, Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver and Cab Calloway among the honored composers, director Steve Simpkins compared the influence of Harlem on the music of the 1920s and 30s to the influence of Vienna in the 18th century. Many of these composers led the way, Simpkins said. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Still swingin': Jackson turning 95 Oct 2, 2007
He has played with virtually every renowned jazz great, including Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Noone, Earl Hines, Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne. He formed his own band, The Original Jazz All-Stars, in 1957 and solidified himself as a Chicago jazz institution with various appearances at clubs throughout the city, most notably a 10-year engagement at The Red Arrow nightclub in Berwyn, Ill. (Dowagiac News, MI)
The 'Wax Museum' at the Bee Hive in Chicago, circa 1948 Sep 9, 2007
Then, in New York City, there is an ad from around 1927 (almost has to be, with those prices) for the Gala Opening of Fletcher Henderson at the Public Theater, Second Avenue and Fourth Street ... For this, you got the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra in "Harlem Highsteppers," with Greenlee s, Conway , Doc Straine McCoy and 16 Dancing Girls. (Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, PA)
A pictorial history of classic jazz Aug 5, 2007
For one week only, an ad says, The incomparable Fletcher Henderson and his Famous Orchestra playing against Chick Webb and his Sensational Band at the Savoy, World s Finest Ballroom. If I remember correctly, not too many people beat Chick Webb. (Wilkes Barre Citizen's Voice, PA)
Jazz legend to be honored Jul 24, 2007
A special day in honor of the legacy of Fletcher Henderson will be held in Fletcher's hometown of Cuthbert, Ga. Saturday, Aug. 11, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (EDT) on the town square. (Eufaula Tribune, AL)
Sherman To Fete A Giant Of Jazz Jun 22, 2007
"If you had to pick one, the alto sax style he developed was the one he was most identified with. Along with Johnny Hodges-they were the primary influences for the 1940s. As an arranger, he was one of the architects of the swing era," he said, noting that Mr. Carter wrote for both Fletcher Henderson and Benny Goodman. "His own orchestra really foreshadowed the whole swing style. Beyond that, as a composer, he wrote many [pieces] of the standard repertoire of jazz." Duke Ellington was a great... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Chattahoochee Valley, Wiregrass events on tap Apr 7, 2007
Fletcher Henderson Jazz Festival: The Iris Garden, across the street from Andrew College, Cuthbert, Ga. 11 a.m. (EST) Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and sit back and enjoy a day of music. (Eufaula Tribune, AL)
Poll: Boomers rate for fun, music Mar 1, 2007
" When asked "which generation had the most fun in life," boomers led with 44 percent, followed by Generation X at 35 percent and the silent generation at 10 percent. Eleven percent were undecided. "We were just more footloose and intoxicated with all of the possibilities of life," said Weir. Forty-three percent also thought boomers "had the best music," significantly more than the other two generations, a finding that surprised Weir. "After all, the generation before the baby boom produced... (The Standard-Times, MA)
