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Born: December 18, 1897 in Cuthbert, GA
Years Active: 20 's, 30 's, 40 's, 50 's
Died: December 29, 1952 in New York, NY
Genre: Jazz

Biography:
Fletcher Henderson was very important to early jazz as leader of the first great jazz big band, as an arranger and composer in the 1930s, and as a masterful talent scout. Between 1923-1939, quite an all-star cast of top young black jazz musicians pas ...More >>

Discography: 1958 Big Reunion 1951 Fletcher Henderson's Sextet (1950) More >>

Similar Artists: Duke Ellington Count Basie Bennie Moten Cab Calloway Erskine Hawkins More >>

Influenced By: James P. Johnson Willie "The Lion" Smith Pete Johnson Albert Ammons Meade "Lux" Lewis More >> Followers: Sonny White The New Orleans Feetwarmers Robert "Sax" Crowder Alberta Hunter Sun Ra More >>

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