Four or Five Times

McKinney's Cotton Pickers · 1928 · Big band de Detroit dirigé par Don Redman

Context

McKinney's Cotton Pickers, founded in Springfield, Ohio, by drummer William McKinney, settled at the Greystone Ballroom in Detroit and then in Harlem. "Four or Five Times" was cut in Chicago in 1928 for Victor (21583-A), with Don Redman as musical director and arranger.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington, Swing, big bands. Among the origins and influences of Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington: Chicago, Stride (Harlem piano).

Sources

• syncopatedtimes.com

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