Hank Duncan

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Henry James "Hank" Duncan (born October 26, 1894 in Bowling Green (Kentucky) , † June 7, 1968 in Long Island , New York) was an American stride pianist and band leader of Dixieland Jazz .

Hank Duncan first attended high school in Louisville (Kentucky) and then studied at Fisk University in Nashville , Tennessee . He already had his own jazz band in Louisville, in which the trombonist Jimmy Harrison played, and went to New York in the mid-1920s, where he initially worked for five years with the band leader Fess Williams , with whom he made a guest appearance at the Savoy Ballroom in 1928 . He then worked for King Oliver in 1931, Sidney Bechet's New Orleans Footwarmers , Tommy Ladnier , Charles "Fat Man" Turner, and others. With Fats Waller he went on tours as the second pianist, on which he - as a regular part of the stage show - performed cutting contests with Waller. In 1939 he played in the trio of Zutty Singleton . In 1945 he recorded in trio for Black & White Records ("I Gave You My Word"). In later years he played in New Yorkers clubs like Nick's (1947-55 and again 1956-193) and in the Metropole Cafe in a trio with Zutty Singleton and Louis Metcalf until an illness ended his career.

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SURNAME Duncan, Hank
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Duncan, Henry James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American stride pianist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Bowling Green (Kentucky)
DATE OF DEATH 7th June 1968
Place of death Long Island , New York