Edmonia Henderson

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Edmonia Henderson (actually Jennie Katherine Edmonia Henderson , * 1900 , † 1947 ) was an American blues and gospel singer who also recorded under the name Catherine Henderson .

Henderson worked in the 1920s a. a. with Lovie Austin , Jelly Roll Morton , Tommy Ladnier and Johnny Dodds , with whom she recorded songs for Paramount and Vocalion Records , as Catherine Henderson also for Okeh Records . Her popular songs included Brown Skin Man, Traveling Blues , Georgia Grind, and Dead Man Blues . Between 1923 and 1926 she participated (as Edmonia Henderson) in six recording sessions.

Edmonia "Catherine" Henderson should not be confused with the singer Katherine Henderson, who recorded in 1930 for Velvet Tone Records .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Derrick Stewart-Baxter: Ma Rainey and the Classic Blues Singers . London, Studio Vista 1970.
  2. ↑ See Edmonia Henderson at Redhotjazz and Linda Dahl Stormy Weather. The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen . London 1984, p. 108
  3. ↑ See Robert MW Dixon, John Godrich, Howard Rye: Blues and Gospel Records . Clarendon Press, 1997
  4. ↑ Discographic information from Honking Duck
  5. ↑ Tom Lord Jazz Discography
  6. ↑ Portrait at Redhotjazz
personal data
SURNAME Henderson, Edmonia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henderson, Jennie Katherine Edmonia (real name); Henderson, Catherine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American blues and gospel singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
DATE OF DEATH 1947