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Jimmie Lunceford
Background information
Birth nameJames Melvin Lunceford
Born(1902-06-06)June 6, 1902
Fulton, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedJuly 12, 1947(1947-07-12) (aged 45)
Seaside, Oregon, U.S.
GenresJazz, swing, traditional pop
Occupation(s)Musician, bandleader
Instrument(s)Saxophone, flute
LabelsDecca, Columbia

James Melvin Lunceford (June 6, 1902 – July 12, 1947)[1] was an American jazz alto saxophonist and bandleader in the swing era.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1534. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

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Memphis, Tennessee, Lunceford organized a student band, the Chickasaw Syncopators, whose name was changed to the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra. Under the...

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List of big bands

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Swing era

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being played by black bands led by such artists as Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Bennie Moten, Cab Calloway, Earl Hines, and Fletcher Henderson, and...

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List of Columbia Records artists

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one hit with his version of "Margie", which he played and sang with Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra in 1937. During his years with Armstrong, Young modified...

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Vivian Dandridge

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Chronological Classics discography

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Snooky Young

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to create a wide range of sounds. Young was lead trumpeter of the Jimmie Lunceford band from 1939 to 1942. He played with Count Basie (three stints totalling...

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Shim Sham

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more often to "'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)" by Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra, or "Tuxedo Junction" by Erskine Hawkins. In fact...

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Ted Buckner

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his time spent in the orchestra of Jimmie Lunceford, where he remained from 1937 to 1943. After working with Lunceford, Buckner primarily played locally...

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Tina Dixon

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actress and comedian. She became a featured singer in swing bandleader Jimmie Lunceford's band early in her career and recorded for Excelsior, Aladdin, and...

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Old Folks at Home

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Quartet (1919). The song enjoyed a revival in the 1930s with versions by Jimmie Lunceford and by Bunny Berigan. Bing Crosby sang the song in the 1935 movie Mississippi...

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Yolande Du Bois

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musician Jimmie Lunceford. However, her father believed he was an unsuitable match. Defying her parents' wishes, she continued to see Lunceford for some...

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Mood Indigo

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Duke Ellington – 1930 Lee Morse - 1932 The Boswell Sisters - 1933 Jimmie Lunceford – 1934 Duke Ellington – Masterpieces by Ellington (1950) In 1954, the...

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Earth Angel

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of Ted Brinson (a relative of Williams who had played bass for the Jimmie Lunceford and Andy Kirk bands). The home was located at 2190 West 30th Street...

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Sy Oliver

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years, making many recordings when he was with Jimmie Lunceford and with his own band. With Lunceford, from 1933 to 1939, he recorded more than two dozen...

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Elmer Bernstein

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