| LC control no. | n 87135765 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Lunceford, Jimmie |
| Variant(s) | Lunceford, James Melvin Lunceford, Jimmie, 1902-1947 Lunceford, Jimmy |
| See also | Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1902-06-06 |
| Death date | 1947-07-12 |
| Place of birth | Fulton (Mo.) |
| Place of death | Seaside (Or.) |
| Field of activity | Jazz |
| Affiliation | Fisk University City University of New York. City College Chickasaw Syncopators Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Composers Arrangers (Musicians) |
| Found in | His Runnin' a temperature [SR] p1986: labels (Jimmie Lunceford, leader and arranger) His Jimmie Lunceford and his Harlem Express [SR] p1985: label (Jimmie Lunceford) container (b. 6-6-02 in Fulton, Miss.; d. 7-12-47 in Oregon) New Grove dict. of jazz (Lunceford, Jimmie (Jimmy; James Melvin); b. June 6, 1902, Fulton, MO, d. July 12, 1947, Seaside OR; bandleader) Lunceford, J. Jimmie Lunceford, vol. 2 [SR] 1969: label (Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra) African American National Biography, accessed February 28, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Lunceford, Jimmie; James Melvin Lunceford; jazz musician, bandleader, composer, arranger; born 06 June, 1902 in Fulton, Missouri; United States; studied reed instruments, flute, guitar, trombone with Wilberforce James Whiteman, in Denver, Colorado; attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, played basketball, football, track; received BA in Music Education (c. 1926); took graduate courses, City College, New York; taught physical education, music in Manassa High School; organized jazz band, Memphis (1926); had concerts in Lakeside, Ohio, in summers (1928-1929); broadcasted on WREC, Silver Slipper nightclub; recorded as Chickasaw Syncopators (1930); created Lunceford Artists, Inc., managing orchestras; first well-received recordings were: White Heat, Jazznocracy, New York (1933); organized a Scandinavian tour (1937); hit record, version of What's Your Story, Morning Glory? (1940); died 1947 in Seaside, Oregon, United States) |
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