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  1. Went on an MAS tour of Harlem jazz history today and learned a bunch of new things and about Will Marion Cook and also saw Fletcher Henderson's house on Strivers' row. So much amazing history around here.

    An example of a Will Marion Cook composition performed by Bill Eddins and the New World Symphony: youtube.com/watch?v=5E0czU7dARQ

    More on Will Marion Cook: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Mar

    #MASNYC #WillMarionCook #FletcherHenderson #Jazz

  2. "It's the Talk of the Town" is a #popular #song written by #JerryLivingston, the lyrics by #AlJNeiburg and #MartySymes. The song was published in 1933. The song is a #popStandard, with many versions recorded by many artists. A recording by #GlenGray and the #CasaLomaOrchestra (vocal by #KennySargent) reached number six in the United States charts in 1933 and a version by #FletcherHenderson reached No. 20 the same year.
    youtube.com/watch?v=H-9LewUE8vk

  3. #OnThisDay in 1952, #FletcherHenderson, American #pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (Benny Goodman Orchestra), died at 55.
    #RIP 🕯️

  4. #OnThisDay in 1897, #FletcherHenderson, American #pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger (Benny Goodman Orchestra), born in Cuthbert, Georgia (d. 1952).
    #HappyBirthday #RIP 💐🥺😭

  5. Bessie Smith, Any Woman’s Blues, 1970 on Columbia

    This is was the second in a series of five 2xLP releases on Columbia in 1970-1972 that covered Smith’s recordings for the label.

    These recordings were made between September 1923 and March 1930, all recorded in New York. Piano by Fletcher Henderson, Clarence Williams, Irving Johns, James Price Johnson, and Jimmy Jones. Other musicians include Don Redman (clarinet), Eddie Lang (guitar), Garvin Bushnell (alto sax, clarinet, soprano sax), Ed Allen (cornet), Arville Harris (tenor sax), Cyrus St. Clair (tuba), Charlie Green (trombone), and Louis Bacon (trumpet).

    Technical restoration by Larry Hiller and liner notes by Chris Albertson (author of Bessie).

    Great set of early Bessie Smith recordings in mono.

    My copy, via Academy Records in NYC, is a 1970 pressing

    #1920s #1930 #1970 #1970s #AcademyRecords #ArvilleHarris #BessieSmith #CharlieGreen #ClarenceWilliams #Columbia #CyrusStClair #DonRedman #EdAllen #EddieLang #FletcherHenderson #GarvinBushnell #IrvingJohns #JamesPriceJohnson #JimmyJones #LarryHiller #NYC #vinyl #vinylcollection #vinylfinds

  6. >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
    sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/