Harlem Bound

Freddy Johnson and His Harlemites · 1933 · Paris session for Brunswick, late 1933

Context

American pianist Freddy Johnson recorded in Paris in late 1933 for Brunswick with a short-lived group, the Harlemites, which included trumpeter Arthur Briggs and bassist Juan Fernandez. Harlem Bound and I Got Rhythm come from these sessions; Charles Delaunay designed the group's poster in 1934.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Jazz in France (interwar years), Harlem: Henderson, Redman, Ellington. Among the origins and influences of Jazz in France: Symphonic jazz, dance orchestras, Swing, big bands.

Sources

• collection.cooperhewitt.org

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