forthcoming Fletcher Henderson bio

[ghost of miles]

Jeffery Magee, a musicologist here at Indiana University, has written a biography of Fletcher Henderson--it will be published by Oxford University Press in July. Can't wait! Henderson is such an important figure in 20's and 30's jazz. I'm already getting the itch to pull out A STUDY IN FRUSTRATION again...

[Christiern]

To anyone who wishes to make a serious study (with minimum frustration) of Fletcher Henderson, I highly recommend this book, which is the result of the late Walter C. Allen's many years in pursuit of Hendersonia. No a bio, as such, but stuffed to the covers (651 pages of fine print) with pertinent data, all meticulously typed in on Walter's Selectric. Oh, if only he had a computer, but it was 1973.

[mikeweil]

I missed that one when it was still available, and the astronomical price of a used copy I found later proved unaffordable .....

[Chuck Nessa]

I bought the book from Walter - if you can find it, it is a masterpiece.

[Brownian Motion]

I picked up a copy last month on ebay--not cheap at 96.00 but inexpensive compared to the copies listed on Bookfinder.com.

[Brownian Motion]

Jeffery Magee, a musicologist here at Indiana University, has written a biography of Fletcher Henderson--it will be published by Oxford University Press in July.

This is good news. Oxford has done such a wonderful job of keeping the jazz flame burning.

[ghost of miles]

Jeffery Magee, a musicologist here at Indiana University, has written a biography of Fletcher Henderson--it will be published by Oxford University Press in July.

This is good news. Oxford has done such a wonderful job of keeping the jazz flame burning.

I've traded phone messages with Professor Magee, and we're going to do a program together on the book & Henderson when it comes out. Probably about 75 minutes... I'll post a link later this year if anybody's interested.

[paul secor]

Please post it. I'm interested. Thanks.

[ghost of miles]

Will do. It'll probably be in late August--the book is due out in July. I'm just excited to have a great reason to delve once again into the works of Fletcher Henderson.