| LC control no. | n 87116907 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Redman, Don |
| Variant(s) | Bunch, Billy Redman, Donald |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1900-07-29 |
| Death date | 1964-11-30 |
| Place of birth | Piedmont (W. Va.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz Big band music |
| Affiliation | Storer College Broadway Syncopaters Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra McKinney's Cotton Pickers Don Redman and his Orchestra Carroll Dickerson's Savoy Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Jazz musicians Saxophonists |
| Found in | Big bands on film 1928-1935 [SR] 1986: container (Don Redman) His No one else but you, 1929: caption (Donald Redman) New Grove jazz (Redman, Don(ald Mathew); b. Piedmont, WV 07/29/00; d. New York, 11/30/64) Sullivan, A. Three little maids [SR] 1939: label (Billy Bunch) Sutton, A. Pseudonyms on American records, 2nd rev. and exp. ed., c2005 (Bunch, Billy = Don Redman) Don Redman papers, 1906-1980: (Don Redman and his orchestra) African American National Biography, accessed March 21, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Redman, Don; Donald Matthew Redman; composer, arranger, jazz musician, saxophonist; born 29 July 1900 in Piedmont, West Virginia, United States; graduated with a music degree from Storer College in Harpers Ferry; joined Billy Paige's Broadway Syncopaters ; worked with Fletcher Henderson's orchestra (1923-1927); music director of McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1927); played and recorded with Louis Armstrong and with Carroll Dickerson's bands (1928), and with Coleman Hawkins (1929); formed Don Redman and his Orchestra (1930s); led Jay McShann's band (1942); was a musical director for singer Pearl Bailey (1951-1961); died 30 November 1964 in New York) |
| Invalid LCCN | nr2002044107 |
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