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Fletcher Hender…
James Fletcher Hamilton Henderson, Jr. (December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952) was an American pianist, bandleader, arranger and composer, important in the development of big band jazz and swing music. His was one of the most prolific black orchestras and his influence was vast. He was often known as "Smack" Henderson (apparently named due to his college baseball hitting skills).. Fletcher is ranked among Duke Ellington as one of the most influential arrangers in jazz history, and helped bridge the gap between the jazz and swing era.
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Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing, Vol. 5: 100 Essential Tracks [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back in Your Own Backyard | 2:31 |
Jazz Journeys Presents High Speed Swing: Fletcher Henderson [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back in Your Own Backyard | 2:31 |
The Swing Era, Vol. 2 [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Rose Room (In Sunny Roseland) | 2:59 |
| Back in Your Own Back Yard | 2:32 |
Complete Louis Armstrong, Vol. 2: Sugar Foot Stomp 1924-1925 [2007]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Mandy, Make Up Your Mind | 3:11 |
Fletcher Henderson [Membran] [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 2:37 |
| Sing, Sing, Sing | 2:32 |
| Back in Your Own Backyard | 2:33 |
| Rose Room | 3:00 |
| All God's Chillun Got Rhythm | 2:43 |
Wrappin' It Up: Quadromania [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The St. Louis Blues | 3:05 |
| After You've Gone | 3:06 |
| Star Dust | 2:59 |
| Tiger Rag | 3:16 |
| It's the Talk of the Town | 3:31 |
| Down South Camp Meetin' | 2:57 |
| Liza (All the Clouds Roll a Way) | 2:37 |
| Sing, Sing, Sing | 2:33 |
Downhearted Blues [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Yodling Blues | 3:10 |
| Lady Luck Blues | 3:07 |
| If You Don't, I Know Who Will | 3:32 |
| Any Woman's Blues | 3:29 |
The Alternative Takes, Vol. 1: 1923-1925 [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| How Come You Do Me Like You Do? | 3:05 |
| Mandy, Make up Your Mind | 3:08 |
| I'll See You in My Dreams | 3:06 |
| Alabamy Bound | 3:12 |
| Sleepy Time Gal | 3:06 |
The Harmony & Vocalion Sessions, Vol. 2: 1927-1928 [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Ain't She Sweet | 2:54 |
| The St. Louis Blues | 3:06 |
Big Band [Box Set] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back in Your Own Backyard | 2:33 |
| All God's Chillun Got Rhythm | 2:43 |
| Rose Room | 2:59 |
| Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 2:37 |
| Sing, Sing, Sing | 2:32 |
Jazz Cities: New Orleans, Chicago, New York, Kansas City [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down South Camp Meeting | 3:00 |
Rhapsodies in Black: Music and Words From the Harlem Renaissance [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down South Camp Meeting | 3:00 |
The Engine Room: A History of Jazz Drumming from Storyville to 52nd Street [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down South Camp Meeting | 2:58 |
Fletcher Henderson with the Blues Singers, Vol. 2 (1923-1924) [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Farewell Blues | 2:53 |
| Midnight Blues | 2:56 |
Yeah Man [1995]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby (And My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Me) | 3:12 |
| Goodbye Blues | 3:00 |
| New King Porter Stomp | 3:07 |
| Underneath the Harlem Moon | 3:16 |
| Queer Notions | 3:23 |
| It's the Talk of the Town | 2:35 |
A Study in Frustration/Thesaurus of Classic Jazz [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| How Come You Do Me Like You Do? | 3:10 |
| Alabamy Bound | 3:05 |
| St. Louis Blues | 3:03 |
| Sugar | 2:57 |
| Back in Your Own Backyard | 2:30 |
Black Legends of Jazz [Decca] [1994]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down South Camp Meetin' | 2:59 |
| Down South Camp Meeting | 2:56 |
Fletcher Henderson and Louis Armstrong [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'll See You in My Dreams | 1:45 |
| Mandy, Make up Your Mind | 1:12 |
| How Come You Do Me Like You Do? | 1:43 |
| Alabamy Bound | 2:02 |
Jazz Giants: Fletcher Henderson
Jazz in the Charts, Vol. 4: Yes Sir, That's My Baby 1925-1926
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Careless Love Blues | 3:26 |
| I've Found a New Baby | 3:02 |
Slumming on Park Avenue
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Back in Your Own Backyard | 2:33 |
| All God's Chillun Got Rhythm | 2:43 |
| Rose Room | 2:59 |
| Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 2:37 |
| Sing, Sing, Sing | 2:32 |
Unknown Album
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Down South Camp Meeting | 2:57 |
| Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) | 3:33 |
| Everybody Loves My Baby | 2:53 |
| It's the Talk of the Town | 2:35 |
| Midnight Blues | 3:13 |
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