Bobby Henderson (musician)
For other people named Bobby Henderson, see Bobby Henderson (disambiguation).
| Bobby Henderson (musician) | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bobby Henderson |
| Born |
April 16, 1910 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died |
December 9, 1969 Albany, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz, stride piano |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Piano, trumpet |
| Years active | 1920s–1960s |
Bobby Henderson (April 16, 1920 – December 9, 1969) was an American jazz musician, who also performed under the name Jody Bolden.[1]
Biography
Born in New York City on April 16, 1920,[2] Henderson began playing piano at the age of nine, and some years kater studied book-keeping.[1] He recorded a pair of sides with Vanguard Records in the late 1950s.
Henderson was briefly engaged to the teenaged Billie Holiday in 1934,[2] whom he met and accompanied at the nightclub Pod's and Jerry's, but on December 1 that year the New York Age announced that he was no longer engaged to her.[3] He spent much of his career playing solo. He died in Albany, New York, in 1969.[1]
Selected discography
- The Ruby Braff Octet with Pee Wee Russell & Bobby Henderson at Newport (Verve, 1957)
- Bobby Henderson / Sir Charles Thompson / Ray Bryant - Key One Up (Vanguard, 1954–58)
- Bobby Henderson - "Last Recordings CR 122" (CHIAROSCURO, 1969)
With Joe Williams
- A Night at Count Basie's (Vanguard, 1956)
Notes
- 1 2 3 Eugene Chadbourne. "Bobby Henderson Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-03-17.
- 1 2 Ian Carr, Digby Fairweather, Brian Priestly. Rough Guide to Jazz (3rd ed.). p. 354. ISBN 1-84353-256-5.
- ↑ Meg Greene, Billie Holiday: A Biography. Greenwood Press, 2007, pp. 24–25.
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