Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Fletcher Henderson

Artist: Fletcher Henderson
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074646144725
EAN: 0074646144725
ASIN: B000050HVU

Release Date: 2000-11-07

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Listmania:

Ken Burns' "Jazz"
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Artists In The Downbeat Jazz Hall Of Fame That I Dig Part II
NPR Basic Jazz Record Library Part 2
The Ultimate Jazz Collection, Part One

Tracks:

Teapot Dome Blues
Shanghai Shuffle
Copenhagen
Sugar Foot Stomp
The Chant
Hot Mustard
Sensation
Livery Stable Blues
My Pretty Girl
Hot and Anxious
Comin' and Goin'
Radio Rhythm
Oh! It Looks Like Rain
King Porter Stomp
Queer Notions
Can You Take It?
Happy Feet
Big John's Special
Hotter Than 'Ell
Christopher Columbus
Grand Terrace Swing
Stealin' Apples
Jim Town Blues
Stampede
Kitty On Toast

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Customer Reviews:

the Father of Big Band Jazz.......2005-06-05

WHY IS THIS GREAT TITAN SO UNKNOWN?????!!!

Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952) and his genius band leading talents were the "envy" of Duke Ellington and was the leader, pianist, and writer/arranger of the most popular African-American band in New York in the 20's, at least until a young man named Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra came along. Henderson, or "Smack" as he was called led a hot band which taught how to swing and smoked through the 20's, 30's and 40's and was the proving ground for up and coming players such as the great Louis Armstrong and Coleman Hawkins. Henderson was also an arranger for "King of Swing" and friend Benny Goodman. Henderson died in 1952 after a second stroke took the life of the great uncrowned KING OF SWING.

This is a great cd which has some of his hottest songs such as Shanghai Shuffle from 1924 (featuring a young cornetist who went by the name of Louis Armstrong) This cd features some of the greatest swing of the jazz age and it proves that Fletcher Henderson should be as popular as Duke Ellington.

Great music, lousy sound.......2003-12-20

The most important thing when you buy recordings of the great bands of the 1920s - 1940s is that the engineers give you the sound that is in the grooves. Unfortunately, many are so interested in cleaning the dirt that they erase the higher frequencies. This recording is an example. The result is a muted and archaic sound. If you want a CD of Fletcher Henderson that will knock your socks off, you can get many of the same tracks on "Tidal Wave". On Tidal Wave, you can't believe the 1930s recording sounds so good and vibrant. It rocks. It rips. It'll jazz you.

Wonderful big band music.......2001-09-19

I knew absolutely nothing about Fletcher Henderson before this album. In fact, the picture on the cover, had me thinking that he was a singer. Silly me! But, of course, now I know differently. And now, I cannot believe that I had never heard of him before .. unbelievable. This album is packed with wonderful music, including 2 vocals (not sung by Henderson though, of course). The sound is also not bad. There is no real noticeable hiss, unlike some others in the Ken Burns series. The booklet includes some photos and an interesting essay about Henderson. This album introduced me to a wonderful bandleader and his wonderful music, and it will not be my last Fletcher Henderson album.

A lot of fun..........2001-08-17

This CD was a gift from my cousin. I don't know much of anything about Fletcher Henderson (and I'm not too keen on "greatest-hits" style collections), but this was a great introduction. You can really hear Henderson's transition from straight 4-4, New Orleans-style music of the mid '20s, to the call-and-response synchopation of the early Swing Era. Armstrong's playing on "Shanghai Shuffle" is a gem, and Hawkin's "Queer Notions" is brilliant. My favorite on the disk is "Stampede," a wonderful composition with great harmonies and structures. This collection has intrigued me enough to learn more about Henderson and his music, and is a hell of a lot of fun.

A skewed view of an important band.......2000-11-08

This odd compilation misses many of the Henderson Orchestra's masterworks (such as the 1926 Fats Waller collaborations and the classic 1929 Benny Carter arrangements) while including an overly large helping of bland pop tunes ("My Pretty Girl," "Oh, It Looks Like Rain") or unfortunate attempts to re-create white dixieland-style jazz ("Sensation"). If you a want a quick, cheap, and somewhat skewed introduction to Fletcher Henderson, this will do. But serious listeners will be much better served by CBS/Sony's classic boxed set, "A Study in Frustration," which remains the definitive Henderson collection.

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