A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story

by Fletcher Henderson

A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1961
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 3:09:50
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This meticulously curated, historically vital box set chronicles the profoundly influential but often commercially overlooked career of the pioneering big band arranger and bandleader. Gathering essential recordings from the 1920s and 30s, the collection masterfully demonstrates how his highly sophisticated, blues-rooted arrangements and rhythmic innovations effectively laid the entire foundational blueprint for the massive commercial success of the Swing Era.

Genres

Descriptors: ensemble, orchestral, archival, compilation, vintage

Tracklist

  1. The Dicty Blues (2:35)
  2. Teapot Dome Blues (2:55)
  3. Go 'Long Mule (3:04)
  4. Shanghai Shuffle (3:18)
  5. Copenhagen (2:50)
  6. Everybody Loves My Baby (2:50)
  7. How Come You Do Me Like You Do (3:10)
  8. Alabamy Bound (3:05)
  9. Sugarfoot Stomp (2:47)
  10. What-Cha-Call-'Em Blues (2:50)
  11. T. N. T. (2:53)
  12. The Stampede (3:15)
  13. Jackass Blues (3:11)
  14. Henderson Stomp (2:50)
  15. The Chant (2:54)
  16. Snag It (3:09)
  17. Rocky Mountain Blues (2:43)
  18. Tozo (2:55)
  19. St. Louis Shuffle (2:58)
  20. Whiteman Stomp (2:45)
  21. I'm Coming Virginia (3:03)
  22. Variety Stomp (3:01)
  23. St. Louis Blues (3:03)
  24. Goose Pimples (2:59)
  25. Hop Off (2:52)
  26. King Porter Stomp (3:09)
  27. D Natural Blues (3:25)
  28. Oh Baby (2:43)
  29. Feeling Good (3:24)
  30. I'm Feeling Devilish (2:41)
  31. Old Black Joe Blues (2:13)
  32. Easy Money (3:03)
  33. Come On Baby (2:50)
  34. Freeze And Melt (3:03)
  35. Raisin' The Roof (2:38)
  36. Blazin' (2:53)
  37. Wang Wang Blues (3:00)
  38. Chinatown (3:00)
  39. Somebody Loves Me (3:00)
  40. Keep A Song In Your Soul (3:15)
  41. Sweet And Hot (3:23)
  42. My Gal Sal (3:25)
  43. Sugarfoot Stomp (3:18)
  44. Clarinet Marmalade (3:11)
  45. Hot And Anxious (3:19)
  46. Comin' And Goin' (3:08)
  47. Singin' The Blues (3:04)
  48. Sugar (2:57)
  49. Blue Moments (2:31)
  50. New King Porter Stomp (3:05)
  51. Underneath The Harlem Moon (3:13)
  52. Honeysuckle Rose (3:10)
  53. Yeah Man (2:54)
  54. Queer Notions (2:47)
  55. Can You Take It! (2:47)
  56. King Porter Stomp (2:54)
  57. Christopher Columbus (3:01)
  58. Stealin' Apples (2:55)
  59. Blue Lou (3:06)
  60. Rhythm Of The Tambourine (2:37)
  61. Back In Your Own Backyard (2:30)
  62. Chris And His Gang (3:00)
  63. Sing You Sinners (2:40)
  64. Moten Stomp (2:43)

Credits

  • Fletcher Henderson - primary artist, leader, piano
  • Rex Stewart - cornet
  • Ben Webster - saxophone
  • Coleman Hawkins - saxophone
  • Don Redman - saxophone
  • Henry "Red" Allen - trumpet
  • Louis Armstrong - trumpet
  • Roy Eldridge - trumpet

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