Fletcher Henderson - Dixie Moon

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Fletcher Henderson - Dixie Moon

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Fletcher Henderson led the most successful of the African-American jazz bands of the 1920's. In 1922, he led a band at the Club Alabam, which later moved to the Roseland Ballroom where they stayed for the next ten years. The orchestra continued to tour and record until 1939 when it disbanded, and Henderson joined the Benny Goodman Orchestra as the pianist and arranger. In 1943 Henderson left Goodman's band, although he remained Goodman's arranger. In 1950, health problems definitively prevented him from performing. This excellent record was made for Edison on April 24, 1924.. Personnel on this session was: Brass: Chambers, Scott, Ted Nixon; Reeds: Hawkins, Redman and Lonnie Brown; Rhythm: Henderson, Escudero, Marshall, Dixon; Violin passage: Allie Ross
Hawkins on bsx at end only. It should be noted that you are hearing the Sissle/Blake composition, not the homonym 1911 Gumble/Ehrlich song.

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This DIXIE MOON is ... ( 7 months ago by genia106)

This DIXIE MOON is so jazzy-mellow with just a little sizzle, so relaxing and revitalizing at the same time, perfect for Daiquiri sipping and just slightly grooving slow jazz dancing. :) I love this MOON! Thank you.

Phil Shaap could ... ( 7 months ago by whizbang47)

Phil Shaap could tell you who the personnel are on this side. You might be able to reach him at
WKCR, the FM radio station of Columbia University. He's the head jazz historian there and would know, as every year he puts on a 24-hour Fletcher Henderson birthday broadcast.
He'd be glad to tell you, too, along with any stories he knows about the recording date.

CORRECTION, WKCR ... ( 7 months ago by JCJasion)

CORRECTION, WKCR does NOT have a 24 hour birthday broadcast for Fletcher Henderson.
Max Roach Jan. 10
Roy Eldridge Jan. 30
Ornette Coleman Mar. 9
Bix Beiderbecke Mar. 10
Billie Holiday Apr. 7
Charles Mingus Apr. 22
Duke Ellington Apr. 29
Louis Armstrong Jul. 4, Aug. 4
Lester Young* Aug. 27 (* combined 3 days )
Charlie Parker* Aug. 29 ( Aug. 27-29)
John Coltrane Sep. 23
Thelonious Monk Oct. 10
Clifford Brown Oct. 30
Coleman Hawkins Nov. 21

Thanks for the ... ( 7 months ago by kspm01)

Thanks for the suggestion!

Thank you! Yet no ... ( 7 months ago by kspm01)

Thank you! Yet no sheet music; the ones I found were of similar titles, but never exactly this one... still I loved the tune more than enough to post, for the reasons you've indicated...

Hey ..what a ... ( 7 months ago by betteroffsingle)

Hey ..what a surprise this recording is.
The Bees Knees P. and thank you.
One surprise tho, the 4 minute length. Was that a bit unusual for the time? Suited me btw. I have one or two numbers I like so well, I put just one on a CD and filled it and listen over and over and aren't tired of listening. This sort of music is more like an absolute necessity, like breathing to stay alive, then it is merely entertainment.
Long winded way of saying, Thanks again P. for a really superb post.

Thank you! Indeed ... ( 7 months ago by kspm01)

Thank you! Indeed the time is unusual for a laterally cut 78, but it is the normal length for a vertically cut Edison - a feature that the inventor has been stressing many times. I admit it suits me very well too, and something hat I like a lot in those Edisons, as they allow the musicians to develop their improvisatory talent - after all an essential characteristic of jazz, isn't it.

Great 4x4 - thanks ... ( 6 months ago by HarborGuy)

Great 4x4 - thanks to the Banjo - Recordings were longer in the "old" days........got shorter with time..It's the old adage pay more get less...Luckily "Edison" liked it enough to release it.......5 stars!

Thanks a lot for ... ( 6 months ago by kspm01)

Thanks a lot for your appreciation! I agree this really is a really great rendition by Henderson.

Certainly, it's a ... ( 6 months ago by limon276)

Certainly, it's a good sound disc for 1923. What were the "secret" techniques for making this outstanding recording?. Did the Edison engineers discovered an "electrical" technology?. I have no words about this.
Traditional sound of 20s music in USA.

Thank you for your ... ( 6 months ago by kspm01)

Thank you for your appreciation. During the acoustic era, when recordings were not electrically made, Edison Diamond Discs indeed were considered to have the richest frequency response.

Too heavy on the ... ( 6 months ago by HarborGuy)

Too heavy on the Banjo - plunk, punk....other than that it is not bad.........

I think it was ... ( 6 months ago by HarborGuy)

I think it was Warner Bros. working with the AT&T Co. for talking pictures and the use of the telephone as a "mic" in "broadcasting" in early Radio that pushed it forward.........

ref Hendersonia et ... ( 3 months ago by 78rpm78rpm)

ref Hendersonia et al:
Brass: Chambers, Scott, Ted Nixon
Reeds: Hawkins, Redman and Lonnie Brown
Rhythm: Henderson, Escudero, Marshall, Dixon
Violin passage: Allie Ross
Hawkins on bsx at end only. Hawkins took a page from Rollini, who he always talked about.
The recording date is a bit later than you describe. On April 24, 1924, Edison rejected
9481 and 9482 (My Papa Doesn't Two-Time No Time) "Papa" recorded April 16 (Col-126-D) without Hawkins. You have a very rare record. Keep it safe!

Thanks a lot for ... ( 3 months ago by kspm01)

Thanks a lot for the info! Indeed, I found both recording years (1923 and 1924) for this Edison track, no. 9481. I'll add the more precise date you indicated.

fuiste en realidad ... ( 1 month ago by littlebighorm)

fuiste en realidad el padre de LOUIS!! Excelente

Me alegra que te ... ( 1 month ago by kspm01)

Me alegra que te haya gustado tanto :-)

The grooves in the ... ( 1 week ago by JCJasion)

The grooves in the Edison acoustic records were cut with the sound vibrations 'up and down' rather than 'side to side' like in most standard records. There was a little less drag this way so the sound was a little clearer. Also, the records were pressed in a slightly more advanced thermoplastic called 'condensite' that had much less surface noise interfering with the sound waves cut in the grooves. But rest assured, this recording was NOT electrical.

Bueno, no sabia que ... ( 1 week ago by limon276)

Bueno, no sabia que hablaras español. No se si eres coleccionista, pero este disco suena muy bien aunque uno sabe perfectamente que Edison no hizo grabaciones eléctricas, algo muy extraño por ser él un pionero en el uso de nuevas tecnologías.

Thanx to all for ... ( 1 week ago by limon276)

Thanx to all for your explanations. Well, I knew about history of electrically recorded sound to much time ago, but this disc is amazing!!!.

Edison era una ... ( 1 week ago by kspm01)

Edison era una personalidad muy contrastada: inventor excepcional con decenas sino cientas de patentes quien al mismo tiempo, del punto de vista artístico, era muy conservador. Como dije, Edison sí hizo grabaciones eléctricas, pero era tan convencido de la calidad de sus acústicas, que cambió de sistema demasiado tarde. Comercialmente, poco a poco perdió su competiividad, y poco antes del crack bursátil de 1929 abandonó el comercio de discos.

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