A true jazz icon and bandleader - Fletcher Henderson
Saturday, December 6th, 2008By 1925, Henderson’s orchestra was the leading African-American big-band in New York, and through its extensive touring, it also established itself on a national basis. It maintained this position until the end of the 1920’s, and Henderson’s bands of the early 1930’s were also highly regarded, although by that period there was stiff competition from Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, among others.