Jimmie Lunceford

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

Lunceford was born in Fulton, Mississippi. Little is known about his parents, though his father was a choirmaster in Warren, Ohio, before the family moved to Denver. Lunceford went to high school in Denver and studied music under Wilberforce J. Whiteman, father of Paul Whiteman, whose band was soon to acquire a national reputation. After high school he continued his studies at Fisk University. In 1922, he played alto saxophone in a local band led by George Morrison which included Andy Kirk, another musician destined for fame as a bandleader.

In 1927, while teaching at Manassas High School in Memphis, Tennessee, he organized a student band, the Chickasaw Syncopators, whose name was changed to the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra when it began touring. Lunceford was the first high school band director in Memphis. This band recorded in 1927 and 1930. After a period of touring, the band accepted a booking at the Harlem nightclub The Cotton Club in 1934. The Cotton Club had already featured Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, who won their first widespread fame from their inventive shows for the Cotton Club's all-white patrons. Lunceford's orchestra, with their tight musicianship and often outrageous humor in their music and lyrics made an ideal band for the club, and Lunceford's reputation began to steadily grow.

Police Summoned When Texas Eighth-Grader Tries To Buy Lunch With $2 Bill

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The money was confiscated and school officials accused the girl of using counterfeit money. The girl says police told her she was in “big trouble” after responding to the counterfeit money claims and began questioning the student. The grandmother, Sharon Kay Joseph, says she was contacted by the school about the $2 bill and she said she had received the bill from a local convenience store ... The story, however, doesn’t end there ... The U.S....

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US magazine names British star in media gag over 'sex with prostitute'

Edit Belfast Telegraph 05 May 2016

A famous British actor who won an injunction to prevent claims that he slept with a prostitute from being published has been named in the US. The married star allegedly paid for sex with Helen Wood, the former escort who once claimed she had an affair with England footballer Wayne Rooney while his wife Coleen was pregnant with their first child. Share Go To ... The actor's name was also circulated on social media ... He said ... " ... ....

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Expert: Advances In Driverless Cars Will Cause Increase In Sex While Driving

Edit WorldNews.com 04 May 2016

Technology keeps marching on and with new advances – such as the Google/Fiat partnership to bring the driverless car to the mass market – Canadian officials are worried driverless cars will lead to a greater increase in sex while in those cars, according to experts at the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence (CAVCE) and reported by Raw Story....

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Zimbabwe To Print Own Version Of US Dollar

Edit Peace FM Online 05 May 2016

Zimbabwe is set to print its own version of the US dollar in order to ease a cash shortage in the country. Central bank governor John Mangudya said the cash, known as bond notes, will be backed by $200m (£140m) support from the Africa Export-Import Bank ...   ... ....

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Emergency Declared As Fire Burns Canada Oil Town

Edit USA Today 05 May 2016

Alberta declared a state of emergency Wednesday as crews frantically held back wind-whipped wildfires that had already torched 1,600 homes and other buildings in Canada's main oil sands city of Fort McMurray, forcing over 80,000 residents to flee. (.   . ... ....

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The Jump Joint tickets

Edit Skiddle 27 Apr 2016

Davy Sports And Social Club in Sheffield. Friday 29th April 2016 ... Minimum Age ... If you're not a dancer don't worry foot tappers are welcome to chill and enjoy the colourful and vibrant early rhythm & blues, swing and rock 'n' roll music with artists like Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Wynonie Harris, Ruth Brown, Benny Goodman, Jimmie Lunceford,, Lionel Hampton, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Bill Haley and many more ... ....

Doggett at 100, Honky Tonk at 60

Edit Huffington Post 25 Feb 2016

Bands like Jimmie Lunceford, Erskine Hawkins, Lucky Millinder and Lionel Hampton were the schooling grounds for musicians like Sammy Lowe, Heywood Henry, Al Sears, Leroy Kirkland, Panama Francis, Seldon Powell, John Greer, Sam Taylor - the list really is endless....

In the Spotlight: The Penguins

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The "Earth Angel" incarnation of the Penguins.  rateyourmusic.com. Formed.. 1953, Los Angeles, CA. Styles.. Doo-wop, Vocal Group, 50s R&B ... Principal Members. ... lead vocals (tenor) ... vocals (bass baritone). Dexter Tisby (born March 10, 1935, Los Angeles, CA) ... Cleve's cousin, Ted Brinson, was also entrenched in the local scene, having played bass for Jimmie Lunceford, and he also knew Dootsie Williams, head of Dootone Records....

The Jump Joint with TC & the Swingcats tickets

Edit Skiddle 20 Feb 2016

Davy Sports And Social Club in Sheffield. Friday 26th February 2016. 8.00pm til 12.00am. Minimum Age. 14. The Jump Joint welcomes back the wonderful TC & the Swingcats ft Miss Em Brulee for our February dance. Event Info. Venue.   Buy tickets securely ... With artists like Big Joe Turner, Louis Jordan, Louis Prima, Ruth Brown, Benny Goodmen, Jimmy Lunceford, Lionel Hampton, Little Richard, Jackie Wilson, Bill Haley and many more ... 14 ... ....

Philly's Dave Appell's music returns with new Applejacks at World Cafe Live Live

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 11 Dec 2015

"If not for Dave Appell, there would be no Cameo-Parkway," says radio legend Jerry Blavat, referring to the legendary Philadelphia music label ... The Fishtown-raised Appell started his career in the '40s as an arranger for big bands (Jimmie Lunceford) and dance orchestras (Benny Carter) before recording on his own, first as the Dave Appell Four, and then as the Applejacks by the mid-1950s ... They're now an octet ... Tickets ... ....

Chase Garrett’s... (The Englert Theatre)

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(Source ... SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH ... Louis ... Jimmy Yancey, Henry Brown, Little Brother Montgomery, Peetie Wheatstraw, 'Pinetop' Sparks, 'Cripple' Clarence Lofton, Montana Taylor, Jabo Williams, Leroy Carr, Albert Ammons, Professor Longhair, Otis Spann and James Booker ... The band fuses musical influences from the sounds of Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw with the showmanship of Louis Armstrong, Lucky Millinder, and Jimmy Lunceford....

Frank Sinatra’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”: The Full Story

Edit Vanity Fair 22 Oct 2015

As was “Stomp It Off,” arranged by the great Melvin “Sy” Oliver, for the Jimmie Lunceford big band ... In this period the group would have consisted of Jimmy Van Heusen (one of whose songs would be recorded on the night of January 9); friend, music publisher, manager, and sometime bodyguard Hank Sanicola; Don McGuire, who was directing Frank during the ......

KC Jazz Orchestra picks the best of the Cotton Club

Edit Kansas City Star 27 Sep 2015

The amazing music that came from New York’s fabled Cotton Club, provided by Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford, Fats Waller and others, is the reason for the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra’s season-opening show, “A Night at the Cotton Club,” to be performed Friday in Helzberg Hall in the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. … Click to Continue » ... ....

Winston-Salem group heading into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Edit Rocky Mount Telegram 12 Apr 2015

Alvis Moore, whose father, Jimmy, sang harmony, got the opportunity to interview Hendrix while he was a student at Ohio State University ... The elder Pauling had previously worked in the coal mining camps near Bluefield, W.Va., where his sons absorbed the music from such visiting musicians as Ella Fitzgerald and Jimmie Lunceford ... And Jimmy Moore provided a host of blush-worthy sounds in a comical falsetto....

Lionel Hampton Jazz Fest Announces Saturday Evening Performers (University of Idaho)

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(Source. University of Idaho) Lionel Hampton Jazz Fest Announces Saturday Evening Performers. Thursday, January 8. MOSCOW, Idaho - Jan. 8, 2015 - The 48th annual University of Idaho Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival's Saturday, Feb ... Andrews grew up listening to the big voices of Jimmie Lunceford and Ella Fitzgerald and spent later years in Los Angeles, the city that played host to the bustling music scene on Central Avenue ... ####. Chloe Rambo....

Today in Oldies Music History: December 18

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Today In Oldies Music History. December 18. --Births. 1931. Allen Klein. 1938. Chas Chandler (The Animals). 1941. Sam Andrew (Big Brother and the Holding Company). 1943. Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones). 1948. Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe)Deaths. 1978. Les Kummel (New Colony Six). 1983. Jimmy Nolan (James Brown). 2001. Clifford T. WardEvents. 1961 ... 1962 ... 1964 ... 1966 ... 1968 ... 1968 ... 1969 ... 1971 ... Jimmy Lunceford and his orchestra, "Rhythm Is Our Business"....

Dave Appell: Songwriter, arranger and producer who wrote ‘Let’s Twist Again’ and produced ‘Tie A ...

Edit The Independent 10 Dec 2014

During the 1950s, jazz fans hated the advent of rock’n’roll and thought the performers lacked any creditable musicianship, but in reality many experienced musicians with jazz backgrounds were working with the new sounds ... During the war he played trombone in a naval band then after being discharged wrote arrangements for Benny Carter, Earl “Fatha” Hines and Jimmie Lunceford ... David Leon Appell, musician ... World News in Pictures . ....

Gerald Wilson: Bandleader, composer and arranger who worked with jazz legends such as Basie, Gillespie ...

Edit The Independent 21 Sep 2014

It began in the late 1930s as a trumpeter for Jimmy Lunceford’s band before forming his own big band in 1944 featuring the female trombonist Melba Liston ... During his tenure as a trumpeter with Lunceford, he arranged the hit tunes “Hi Spook” and “Yard Dog Mazurka”. After four years with Lunceford and a stint in the US Navy in the Second World War, he ......

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