Tag Archives: Fred Longshaw & His Birmingham Dance Orchestra

Pianist Frank Number began his profession in Birmingham, AL, while an associate of Fred Longshaw’s Birmingham Dance Orchestra in 1922 and 1923, along with trombonist Joseph Britton, saxophonist Teddy Hill, and Frank’s sibling, banjoist Carl Number. After Longshaw going for NEW YORK, Britton as well as the brothers Number joined …

Though he led an effective big band through the entire 1930s, Teddy Hill is best-remembered for managing Minton’s Playhouse in Harlem, a nightclub where experimental jam sessions ultimately resulted in the birth of the lingua franca of jazz: bebop. Ahead of that, his musical profession began after shifting to NY …

A sweet house Alabama fellow, this trombonist was among the next era of professional American jazz music artists and in addition straddled the worlds of blues and R&B, poking the very long slip of his trombone into any combo that was fortunate to have him. His credits are extended following …