Ernie Henry
Ernie Henry (born Ernest Albert Henry, September 3, 1926 – December 29, 1957) was an American jazz saxophonist. Henry played in the late 1940s with Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Charlie Ventura, Max Roach, and was a key member of Dizzy Gillespie's big band. Between 1950 and 1951, Henry performed in the band of Illinois Jacquet while seeking freelance performance opportunities.
Ernie Henry
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- Name
- Ernie Henry
- Born
- 3 September 1926
- Died
- 29 December 1957
- Occupation
- Musician
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- jazz
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Ernie Henry (born Ernest Albert Henry, September 3, 1926 – December 29, 1957) was an American jazz saxophonist. Henry played in the late 1940s with Tadd Dameron, Fats Navarro, Charlie Ventura, Max Roach, and was a key member of Dizzy Gillespie's big band. Between 1950 and 1951, Henry performed in the band of Illinois Jacquet while seeking freelance performance opportunities.
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Henry later returned to play with Thelonious Monk (1956), Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, Wynton Kelly, Wilbur Ware, Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones and Gillespie again (1956–57). He recorded three albums as a leader for the Riverside label shortly before his death at the end of 1957. A heroin overdose was alleged, but it is known that he suffered from unusually high blood pressure and suffered ill health.
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Key facts
• Name — Ernie Henry • Born — 3 September 1926 • Died — 29 December 1957 • Instrument — Saxophone • Genre — Jazz • Occupation — Musician • Years Active — 1948–1957 • Label — Riverside
As sideman
As sideman
With Matthew Gee • Jazz by Gee (Riverside, 1956) With Dizzy Gillespie • The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Bluebird, 1937–1949 [1995] • Gene Norman Presents Dizzy Gillespie in Concert (GNP Crescendo, 1948) • Dizzy in Greece (Verve, 1957) • Birks' Works (Verve, 1957) • Dizzy Gillespie at Newport (Verve, 1957) With Thelonious Monk • Brilliant Corners (Riverside, 1957) With James Moody • James Moody and his Modernists (Blue Note 1952) With Fats Navarro • Memorial Album (Blue Note 1951 later released on 12 inch LP in 1956 as The Fabulous Fats Navarro) • Memorial (Savoy 1955)
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1957
Ernie Henry died at New York City.
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Brooklyn.
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• Presenting Ernie Henry (Riverside, 1956) • Seven Standards and a Blues (Riverside, 1957) • Last Chorus (Riverside, 1957) • 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm (Riverside, 1957) with Kenny Dorham
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- Henry, Ernie (03 September 1926–29 December 1957), jazz saxophonist, American National Biography Online, 2002
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2002
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- MusicBrainz artist record for Ernie Henry
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1356914: Ernie Henry
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Henry, Ernie, Oxford Music Online, 2003
Henry, Ernie, African American Studies Center, 2013
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Henry, Ernie (03 September 1926–29 December 1957), jazz saxophonist, American National Biography Online, 2002Crossref registry
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MusicBrainz artist record for Ernie HenryMetaBrainz Foundation
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