FLETCHER HENDERSON (The other king) Jazz History #11

Fletcher Henderson shared the title ‘King of Jazz’ with Paul Whiteman in the 1920s. (Fletcher’s was amended with a qualifier relating to his skin color, a sign of the times.) Henderson certainly had a more valid claim to the title and a more substantial impact on the evolution of jazz music, including historic recordings featuring a young Louis Armstrong first breaking free from under the wing of his mentor Joe Oliver.

Trivia question: What is the connection between Fletcher Henderson’s orchestra in the 1920s and modern-day saxophonist Joshua Redman? (And apologies for the incorrect spelling on one of the slides, pointed out by an eagle-eyed viewer.)

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