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SWING AND THE BIG BAND 79 |
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Jimmie Lunceford (1902-1948). Another musician who had gone through a serious musical training before branching out into jazz. He formed his own orchestra in 1926, and in 1928 succeeded Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club (where Ellington had also played). His band is noted for the extraordinary polish of its playing and for the original scores of arranger Sy Oliver.
Don Redman (born 1900). Played with Fletcher Henderson, and in 1926 joined the McKinney Cotton Pickers, for whom he made a series of brilliant arrangements that were interpreted by such noted players as Sidney de Paris, Benny Carter, Fats Waller, Coleman Hawkins and Lonnie Johnson. He formed his own orchestra in 1931, and made many recordings with it.
Artie Shaw (born 1911). Noted among popular journalists as the husband of Ava Gardner and half a dozen other ladies of staggering pulchritude, Shaw is a fine clarinettist who has many experiments in combining orthodox European musical ideas with the big-band swing style. His band has included, at one time or another, violins, cellos, harpsichord and French horns.
Recordings
(additional to those mentioned in Appendix "B"):
Fletcher Henderson. HMV DLP 1066 Harry James. Columbia 33S 1014 Masterpieces by Duke Ellington. Columbia 33SX 1022. |
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