Eddie Durham
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Biography
[Edit]Eddie Durham, a somewhat forgotten name in jazz history, was the first important jazz soloist to be featured on electric guitar (in 1938 with the Kansas City Five), predating Charlie Christian by a year. He also played trombone throughout most of his career and was quite significant as a swing-era arranger, too. He started playing guitar and trombone with six siblings in the Durham Brothers band. Durham toured in some territory bands in the Midwest, was with Walter Page's Blue Devils, and then worked with Bennie Moten (1929-1933) with whom he made his recording debut. After moving to New York in 1934, Durham worked as an arranger with Willie Bryant and then played with Jimmie Lunceford (1935-1937) and Count Basie (1937-1938). He also contributed arrangements to Artie Shaw and Glenn Miller, in 1940 led a short-lived big band of his own and during 1941-1943 was the musical director for the International Sweethearts of Rhythm. Durham later led an otherwise all-female group and freelanced mostly as an arranger. In 1969, he returned to active playing with Buddy Tate and in later years played with the Countsmen (with whom he recorded) and the Harlem Blues and Jazz Band. Among Durham's most famous arrangements through the years were "Moten Swing" for Bennie Moten, Jimmy Lunceford's "Lunceford Special," several notable charts for Count Basie ("Topsy," "Swinging the Blues," and "Jumpin' at the Woodside"), and Glenn Miller's "In the Mood."
Collections
Title: That Devilin' Tune: A Jazz History (1895-1950)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Sounds of Harlem, Vol. 2
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Bar Vol. 5
Title: Essential Kansas City Jazz (Live)
Genre: Jazz
Title: Jazz Guitar Legends
Genre: Jazz
Title: Kansas City Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: 100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
Genre: Jazz
Title: The JSP Jazz Sessions, Vol. 2 - London 1980-85
Genre: Jazz
Title: The Jazz Guitar, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: All This Jazz and Blues and No One to Be Flirty With
Genre: Jazz
Title: Hittin' On All Six: A History Of The Jazz Guitar (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Top 100 Guitar Icons Through The Decades (CD2)
Genre: Blues
Featuring albums
Title: Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie
Artist: Count Basie
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Rock, Grunge, Alternative