FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - "Do That Thing" pre-war Kennedy’s Blues: African-American Blues and

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In 1968 and 1972 Karl Gert zur Heide traveled the United States in search of living exponents of one of the most neglected African-American art forms: piano blues

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FLETCHER HENDERSON & HIS ORCHESTRA - "Do That Thing" pre-war Kennedy’s Blues: African-American Blues and'Do That Thing' is the first of two Frog volumes of recordings made by Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra for the Vocalion and Path labels, presented in sublime sound quality. The recordings in this volume were made between March 1924 and April 1925, and feature a nucleus of solid musicians from the early jazz age, including rising stars like Coleman Hawkins and Louis Armstrong alongside other players who would slip into obscurity later. Play a sample