| LC control no. | nb2004037947 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | White, Harry, 1898-1962 |
| Variant(s) | White, "Father," 1898-1962 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1898-06-01 |
| Death date | 1962-08-14 |
| Place of birth | Bethlehem (Pa.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Composers Arrangers (Musicians) Trombonists Drummers (Musicians) Jazz musicians |
| Found in | Camp meeting in Harlem, 1934: t.p. (Harry White) Feather, 1999 (Harry White, 1898-1962) White, Harry. Harlem Congo, 2018: title page (Harlem Congo; as performed by Chick Webb and his Orchestra) page iii (transcribed from a recording made November 1, 1937 in New York; "written by an undersung hero of early big band jazz: trombonist/arranger/composer Harry "Father" White"; the work was introduced several months earlier than the recording, in the spring of 1937, by Cab Calloway's band) Grove music online, October 11, 2018: (White, Harry (Alexander) (Father); born Bethlehem, PA, June 1, 1898; died New York, August 14, 1962; American composer, arranger, and trombonist; played drums in show bands in his teens, but after moving to Washington D.C. around 1919, concentrated on trombone; worked with Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, among others; credited with inventing the word "jitterbug") |
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