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Because of his use Fletcher Henderson, Kaiser Marshall was considered probably one of the most influential drummers in jazz from the 1920s and was among the 1st significant big music group drummers. Marshall was raised in Boston and gigged locally including with vocalist Jules Bledsoe and Charlie Dixon. After shifting …

William McKinney was a drummer who by 1923 had retired from performing and only conducting and owning a big music group. In 1926 his clothing became referred to as McKinney’s Natural cotton Pickers, and the next year they obtained a significant coup by employing arranger/altoist/vocalist Don Redman from Fletcher Henderson. …