Lunceford’s ensemble was at ... Smiling” and “The Honeydripper”), and the orchestra is powered by longtime drummer Jimmy Crawford. Jubilee’s emcee is rotund Ernie “Bubbles” Whitman, and his pseudo–hip ...

Lunceford spent his formative years in Denver ... By that time known as the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, the group proved quite popular and quickly emerged as one of the top bands in the country.

In Hell Satan appears to tell us that rhythm is coming to life again then were taken to a sound stage where Jimmie Lunceford conducts his dance orchestra Hes in black tie and a tuxedo of white ...

In 1929, he left Memphis and formed his own orchestra, The Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra, which played in Harlem and throughout the country in the 1930s. “He was the number one band of choice for ...

Acclaimed jazz saxophonist and bandleader, James Melvin “Jimmie” Lunceford was born on June 6, 1902, just west of Fulton in the Evergreen community. Lunceford was born on his parents’, James ...

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I’d suggest this has a lot to do with the way the intervening years have treated the bands where he did his best work. Jimmie Lunceford’s orchestra, which employed Oliver from 1933 to ’39 ...

Relatives of Jimmie Lunceford, a groundbreaking jazz musician from the red hills of Itawamba County, will celebrate their storied family legacy this Saturday, June 17, in downtown Tupelo.

to celebrate the unveiling of a roadside Mississippi Blues Trail marker dedicated to Jimmie Lunceford ... from Mosaic Records illustrates, Lunceford's orchestra helped popularize swing through ...

Little is known about his parents, though his father was ... whose name was changed to the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra when it began touring. Lunceford was the first high school band director ...