Jazz Crazy Records

An Archive of Early Jazz on 78 RPM

“Shake Your Feet” – Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra

On Tuesday, November 27, 1923, Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra recorded their only two tunes for Edison, doing three takes of each (which were all mastered and issued). This is take C.

We hear quite a bit of Coleman Hawkins on tenor sax, Teddy Nixon on trombone, Charlie Dixon on Banjo, and Billy Fowler on bass sax.

Released as Edison 51276.

Credits
Fletcher Henderson – piano, director
Howard Scott – cornet
Elmer Chambers – cornet
Teddy Nixon – trombone
Don Redman (?) – clarinet, alto sax
Coleman Hawkins – clarinet, tenor sax
Billy Fowler – bass saxophone
Charlie Dixon – banjo
Kaiser Marshall – drums

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