- Swing Time! The Fabulous Big Band Era 1925-1955 · 1931
- The Jazz Age, Vol. 1 - Harlem In the Thirties · 2002
- A Study In Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story · 1994
- 1924-1936 · 1998
- The Crown King Of Swing · 1985
- Jazz Heroes - Fletcher Henderson · 1954
- Fletcher Henderson 1927-1928 · 2001
- Jazz Heroes - Fletcher Henderson · 1954
- Jazz Heroes - Fletcher Henderson · 1954
- 1924-1936 · 1998
- Down South Camp Meeting (Remastered) - Single · 1934
- Jazz Heroes - Fletcher Henderson · 1954
- Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong 1924-1925 · 1931
Essential Albums
- 1994
- 2016
Artist Playlists
- He played a critical role in the Harlem Renaissance.
- He fleshed out the orchestration of swing music.
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- 2007
About Fletcher Henderson
One of the most important figures in the development of big-band music in the early 1930s, Fletcher Henderson set the standards by which early big-band jazz was measured. Even today, many big bands, including even some avant-gardists such as the Sun Ra Arkestra, still trace the paths charted by Henderson. An astonishing array of top-flight jazz players passed through the ranks of his band, including Louis Armstrong, Don Redman, Benny Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Russell Procope, Henry "Red" Allen, Chu Berry, and Edgar Sampson, himself a leading big-band arranger. But by the end of the '30s his star was waning, and in 1939 Henderson folded his band and joined Goodman as staff arranger and pianist.
- HOMETOWN
- Cuthbert, GA, United States
- BORN
- December 18, 1897
- GENRE
- Jazz