Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing (1927)

Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (December 18, 1897 December 28, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. He was often known as "Smack" Henderson.

Fletcher Henderson was born in Cuthbert, Georgia. He attended Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated in 1920, where he was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter organization established for African Americans. After graduation, he moved to New York City to attend Columbia University for a master's degree in chemistry. However, he found his job prospects in chemistry to be very restricted due to his race, and turned to music for a living.

His band circa 1925 included Howard Scott, Coleman Hawkins (who started with Henderson in 1923 playing the low tuba parts on bass saxophone and quickly moved to tenor and a leading solo role), Louis Armstrong, Charlie Dixon, Kaiser Marshall, Buster Bailey, Elmer Chambers, Charlie Green, Ralph Escudero and Don Redman.

In 1922 he formed his own band, which was resident first at the Club Alabam then at the Roseland, and quickly became known as the best Afro-American band in New York. For a time his ideas of arrangement were heavily influenced by those of Paul Whiteman, but when Louis Armstrong joined his orchestra in 1924 Henderson realized there could be a much richer potential for jazz band orchestration. Henderson's band also boasted the formidable arranging talents of Don Redman (from 1922 to 1927). (It should be noted that Henderson actually did few, if any, arrangements in the 1920s; most of the best 'hot' sides were arranged by Don Redman or Benny Carter (after 1927). As an arranger, Henderson came into his own in the mid-1930s.


Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing (1927)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fletcher
• Henderson
• 1927
• 20s
• 30s

[OldMrMemories]

Sorry but this is not 1927. More like 1937

[fillra]

This is really good, edmundus, thanks!

I think it was recorded in 1936, it sounds too 'modern' for 1927.

[sexybeerbeast]

Original title was "Sing Bing Sing" and was originally performed with vocals..

[perryuosew]

azz l'anno della MAGGGICA

[jgrab1]

Sing Sing Sing wasn't written until 1936.

[Grouchy2day]

Recorded by The Henderson Band on August 4, 1936 for Victor records. Trumpet soloist is Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge. Chu Berry solos on tenor sax, Buster Bailey on clarinet, Ed Cuffee on trombone. Vocal by "Georgia Boy" Simpkins (I'm not kiddin', that's how he was billed on the record). I think this is one of Fletcher's better Victor recordings. It really swings!

[neverknewtillnow]

From "Wikipedia":

Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)" is a 1936 song, written by Louis Prima and first recorded by him with the New Orleans Gang and released in March, 1936 as a 78 as Brunswick 7628 with "It's Been So Long" as the B side, which is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras.