Christopher Columbus

Fletcher Henderson · 1936 · Enregistrement du 27 mars 1936

Context

Recorded on March 27, 1936 with Stealin' Apples and Blue Lou. It opens the last side of the 1961 box set, devoted to the 1936-1938 period.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Swing, big bands: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Kansas City, Boogie-woogie, Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras.

By the same artist

• Stealin' Apples (1936)
• Queer Notions (Fletcher Henderson) (1933)
• Stampede (1926)
• Sugar Foot Stomp (1925)
• Copenhagen (1924)

Sources

• EN: A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story

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