Horace Henderson 1940-Fletcher Henderson 1941 Digital Life Music

Horace Henderson 1940-Fletcher Henderson 1941
by: Horace Henderson, Fletcher Henderson

Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0750582468629
Label: Allegro Corporation
Manufacturer: Allegro Corporation
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Allegro Corporation
Release Date: July 29, 1997
Sales Rank: 237227
Studio: Allegro Corporation

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- Out of Fletcher's shadow
Although Horace Henderson came to resent the fact that he was constantly being referred to as Fletcher's brother, there is no denying that that is what he was. Fletcher's fame rested on his achievements as an orchestra leader and, perhaps even more, as a talent spotter (the list of great names that went through his band's ranks is almost endless) and arranger (and if he didn't arrange for a band, the arrangements the swing bands played were more often than not based on Fletcher's style). That Horace's contributions to the succes of Fletcher's music was mostly ignored was one of the reasons of Horace's resentment. That he was a much better pianist than Fletcher may have been an other and that his arrangements were almost as eagerly sought after by numerous bands than Fletcher's perhaps a third.
This cd presents all of Horace's own big band recordings recorded over a period of nine months in 1940, and what a ... Read More

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- Big Horace`s Special Treat
If the name Horace Henderson doesn`t ring a bell, this orchestra and its leader could be a big surprise for you. Sure, Fletcher had a younger brother, who was an very original arranger in his own right. And like his brother,he played piano. Horace played a more fluent and inspired jazzpiano than his elder brother did, in a rhythmic and economic spare style, first strongly influenced by Earl Father Hines and later on he took elements of William Basie`s playing into his style. As an arranger, Horace contributed charts to Fletcher`s orchestra as early as 1931, f.i. `Hot and Anxious`, a number in which he incorporated a riff which later became famous as `In The Mood`. Besides assisting his brother, he later on was asked by Benny Goodman to write special arrangements for him: f.i. `Dear Old Southland`, `Always` and `Big John`s Special`. By 1940 Horace had his own orchestra and built it into one of the finest and delicate ... Read More

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