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The Jimmie Lunceford Jamboree Festival was founded by Bro. Ronald Cortez Herd II (aka 'R2C2H2 Tha Artivist') in 2007 with the aim of increasing recognition of Lunceford's contribution to jazz, particularly in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1929, Smith became an alto saxophonist for Jimmie Lunceford's band, becoming one of the main stars in the group. [3] In 1940, he led his own quintet as a side project. [ 4 ] His success with Lunceford had lost its charms by 1942, as he now wanted more pay and less travel. [ 3 ]
The Widespread Depression Orchestra was a nine-piece jazz ensemble founded in 1972 at Vermont's Marlboro College.. Initially, the group played 1950s style R&B and early rock and roll with guitars, piano, sax, bass guitar, drums, and a vocalist, but by the middle of the 1970s was operating as a big band revival group, in the style of the bands of Jimmie Lunceford, Count Basie, Duke Ellington ...
After Lunceford died, Thomas and Ed Wilcox co-led his ghost band until Thomas left to form his own septet. This band, containing trumpeter Johnny Grimes, trombonist Dicky Harris, baritone saxophonist Ben Kynard , pianist George Rhodes , bassist George Duvivier , and drummer Joe Marshall , recorded between 1949 and 1951.
Tain't What You Do (It's the Way That You Do It)" is a song written by jazz musicians Melvin "Sy" Oliver and James "Trummy" Young. It was first recorded in 1939 by Jimmie Lunceford, Harry James, and Ella Fitzgerald, [1] and again the same year by Nat Gonella and His Georgians. The "shim sham" is often danced to the Lunceford recording of this song.
Trummy Young (right) and Jimmie Lunceford, early 1940s Young, left, shaking hands with Louis Armstrong at a 1955 concert in Oslo. James "Trummy" Young (January 12, 1912 – September 10, 1984) [1] was an American trombonist in the swing era. He established himself as a star during his 12 years performing with Louis Armstrong in Armstrong's All ...
He joined Jimmie Lunceford's band in 1931, then moved to Tommy Douglas (around the same year), and vocalist Eli Rice (1933–34). [1] Webster returned to Lunceford in 1935, [3] and became known as a high-note specialist. [1] He appeared on film in Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra, which was made in 1936. [1]
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band, B. B. King, Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, The Tonight Show Band Musical artist Eugene Edward " Snooky " Young (February 3, 1919 – May 11, 2011) [ 2 ] was an American jazz trumpeter .