On December 18, 1897 in Cuthbert - a little town in Southwest Georgia - Fletcher Henderson Jr. was born. After his death in 1952, he was buried in Cuthbert in the same cemetery as his father and mother. While he spent his career in New York City making his name as a bandleader and arranger, Georgia was where his formative years were spent.
"That's Georgia" is a snappy lil' number recorded in the pre-Armstrong era when the orchestra could be found playing the Roseland Ballroom on a nightly basis. The Roseland was a "high class New York Ballroom" for white patrons only and Henderson's band was hired as a dance orchestra to switch off with Sam Lanin's orchestra in order to provide continuous dance music throughout the evening.
The recording features a rollicking Charlie Green trombone solo starting at 1:53 and a Henderson piano solo at 2:13. Green, originally from Omaha, Nebraska, had just recently joined the band and had already made his mark as a soloist on tracks like "The Gouge of Armour Avenue", recorded in July 1924.
Recorded in New York City on August 21, 1924.
Released as Columbia 202-D.
Credits:
Fletcher Henderson - piano, arranger, director
Elmer Chambers Howard Scott - cornet
Charlie Green - trombone
Don Redman, clarinet, alto sax
Coleman Hawkins - clarinet, tenor sax, bass sax
Charlie Dixon - banjo
Ralph Escudero - tuba
Kaiser Marshall - drums
Sources:
The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz, Jeffrey Magee
Hendersonia: The Music of Fletcher Henderson, Walter Allen
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