| LC control no. | n 91069191 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Henry, Ernie |
| Variant(s) | Henry, Ernest Albert |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1926-09-03 |
| Death date | 1957-12-29 |
| Place of birth | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | Savoy Record Company Onyx Club (New York, N.Y.) Dizzy Gillespie Big Band Blue Note (Firm) Verve Records (Firm) |
| Profession or occupation | Jazz musicians Saxophonists |
| Found in | Monk, T. Brilliant corners [SR] ca. 1982: container (Ernie Henry, alto saxophone) New Grove dict. of jazz, 2nd ed. (Henry, Ernie (Ernest Albert); b. Sept. 3, 1926, New York, d. Dec. 29, 1957, New York; alto saxophonist) African American National Biography, accessed January 29, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Henry, Ernie; Ernest Albert Henry; jazz musician, saxophonist; born 03 September 1926 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He joined the musician's union (1947); recorded with vocalist Kenny Hagood for Savoy records (1947); worked at the Onyx Club in Manhattan (1947); joined the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band (1948-1949, 1956); recorded for Blue Note records (1948); worked with the saxophonist Illinois Jacquet and recorded for Verve (1950-1952); died 29 December 1957 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) |
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