Pre-Release
- 1 JAN 1900
- 4 Songs
- 1924-1936 · 1929
- The Jazz Age, Vol. 1 - Harlem In the Thirties · 2002
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- Pioneers of Jazz, Vol. 17 (Mono Version) - EP · 2014
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- Fletcher Henderson the Harmony & Vocalion Sessions Volume 1 1925-1926 · 2000
- 2016
- 2016
- 2014
- 2012
Artist Playlists
- He played a critical role in the Harlem Renaissance.
- He fleshed out the orchestration of swing music.
Singles & EPs
Appears On
- Various Artists
About Fletcher Henderson
One of the most important figures in the development of big-band music in the early 1930s, Fletcher Henderson set the standards by which early big-band jazz was measured. Even today, many big bands, including even some avant-gardists such as the Sun Ra Arkestra, still trace the paths charted by Henderson. An astonishing array of top-flight jazz players passed through the ranks of his band, including Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Benny Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Russell Procope, Henry "Red" Allen, Chu Berry, and Edgar Sampson, himself a leading big-band arranger. But by the end of the '30s his star was waning, and in 1939 Henderson folded his band and joined Goodman as staff arranger and pianist.
- HOMETOWN
- Cuthbert, GA, United States
- BORN
- 18 December 1897
- GENRE
- Jazz