The drummer on Hocus Pocus was Vic Angle...my grandfather. He was the first white drummer to ever play with an all black band as he was one of Red Nichols original Five Pennies. Thank you for posting this!!! Love it.

Hawkins solo sounds like Lester young. Legendary cansascity tenor battle is real things

This band is tight. Great arrangement. Playing together many times a day, week in week out. Difficult to assemble a similar band today, they would not be subject to the same rigours.

That sax has to be Colman Hawkins as nobody else sounds like that!!!

Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra Russell Smith, Joe Thomas, Henry "Red" Allen (trumpets); Claude Jones, Keg Johnson (trombones); Buster Bailey (clarinet) Russell Procope, Hilton Jefferson (alto saxophones, clarinets) Coleman Hawkins (tenor saxophone) Fletcher Henderson (piano) Bernard Addison (guitar) John Kirby (bass) Vic Engle (drums) New York, March 6, 1934

Wrappin' It Up!

Perfect!

@davidglow3 Fletcher was a great musician. This and variety stomp are two of my favorite's. This is "feel good" music. Always makes me feel good when listening to it.

There are two takes to this; this is the preferable one and while this record is pretty well known for the Coleman Hawkins solo, and deservedly so, I also like the Buster Bailey clarinet spot.

Coleman Hawkins solo on this take is so excellent, it gives tears in my eyes....!

my favourite Fletcher Henderson record (along with Wrappin' It Up)!

One of his finest records.It really has a nice tight swinging feel to it.Will Hudson wrote a lot of good instrumental compositions

In response to Zach... Henderson was the acknowledged master,even at the time, but there were many great black orchestras playing swing before the swing era proper started in 1936; check out Claude Hopkins,Teddy Hill,Benny Carter,Jimmie Lunceford,Chick Webb to name but a few.

Beautiful solos!

Fletcher & Orch., with two of his GREATEST soloists - Henry "Red" Allen and Coleman Hawkins.

this sounds like this would be at the end of an intense movie

Excellent! YES! Thank so much!

Did Fletcher Henderson once own a chain of auto parts stores in Northern California?

immortal

I like to think that this record captured the magic of the Fletcher Henderson orchestra that so strongly influenced Benny Goodman. Such a mature, smooth, swinging sound here, with no attempt to play "hot." Compare this record to other recordings of Will Hudson tunes (Benny's own record of "Nitwit Serenade" is a perfect example) and you'll see what I mean.

And don't forget Duke Ellington and Earl Hines...

Will Hudson arrangement, sounds like. Superb.

@lotoffortune

8 жыл бұрын

Actually, I think the arrangement is by Horace Henderson, Fletcher's brother.

@ABrandsma

5 жыл бұрын

@@lotoffortune This is not a Horace arrangement at all, the Henderson band used mainly head arrangements on their best jazz performances in ballrooms in this year 1934. Fletcher only handed out sketches to his lead players and the sections would work out the inner parts. However this is clearly a Will Hudson composition. Canadian born Hudson wrote a series of crucial jazz arrangements and compositions for nearly all important jazz bands in the 1930's, black and white, male and female.

Buster On Clarinet ?

I know F Henderson a founder off the Big Band , just there are some pices that i never found back in the internet like *Glad wen you are dead , and , Song for Sally Green , whay ever i turn often back to read Fletcher Henderson, songs all off them are a Time Pice off Historic record , i dont now much better music , also its amuse me to read her.

I'm just now getting into the "swing" of things, does anyone else have any suggestions of other bands similar to Fletcher Henderson? Picked up Hocus Pocus at Goodwill on cassette. Best 35 cents I've ever spent.

@davidlogansr8007

4 жыл бұрын

The Drooze Early Benny Goodman as Fletcher Henderson was his arranger

@andrewornelas3033

2 жыл бұрын

Benny Goodman 1930's

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