December 18th is Fletcher Henderson Day!!! "Fletcher Henderson was the brother of Horace Henderson and led the most important of the pioneering big bands, which helped to set the pattern for most later big jazz bands playing arranged music." Thank you Mr. Henderson for all of your contributions and inspiration! Please click the link below and learn more about Fletcher Henderson. :-)
http://www.pbs.org/jazz/biography/artist_id_henderson_fletcher.htm
"Playing with that band was the acid test. If you could make it with Fletcher, you could play with anybody." - Musician Benny Carter
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