Lunceford, Jimmie
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Name (Latin)
Lunceford, Jimmie
Other forms of name
Lunceford, James Melvin
Lunceford, Jimmie, 1902-1947
Lunceford, Jimmy
Date of birth
1902-06-06
Date of death
1947-07-12
Place of birth
Fulton (Mo.)
Place of death
Seaside (Or.)
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Jazz
Occupation
Arrangers (Musicians)
Composers
Jazz musicians
Band directors
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed February 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Lunceford, Jimmie; James Melvin Lunceford; jazz musician, bandleader, composer, arranger; born 06 June, 1902 in Fulton, Missouri; United States; studied reed instruments, flute, guitar, trombone with Wilberforce James Whiteman, in Denver, Colorado; attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, played basketball, football, track; received BA in Music Education (c. 1926); took graduate courses, City College, New York; taught physical education, music in Manassa High School; organized jazz band, Memphis (1926); had concerts in Lakeside, Ohio, in summers (1928-1929); broadcasted on WREC, Silver Slipper nightclub; recorded as Chickasaw Syncopators (1930); created Lunceford Artists, Inc., managing orchestras; first well-received recordings were: White Heat, Jazznocracy, New York (1933); organized a Scandinavian tour (1937); hit record, version of What's Your Story, Morning Glory? (1940); died 1947 in Seaside, Oregon, United States)
- His Runnin' a temperature [SR] p1986:labels (Jimmie Lunceford, leader and arranger)
- His Jimmie Lunceford and his Harlem Express [SR] p1985:label (Jimmie Lunceford) container (b. 6-6-02 in Fulton, Miss.; d. 7-12-47 in Oregon)
- New Grove dict. of jazz(Lunceford, Jimmie (Jimmy; James Melvin); b. June 6, 1902, Fulton, MO, d. July 12, 1947, Seaside OR; bandleader)
- Lunceford, J. Jimmie Lunceford, vol. 2 [SR] 1969:label (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra)