About Us | Contact | Subscribe

Home: 20's Jazz

Midnight Blues
(A Wee Hour Chant)

Rosa Henderson

Billy Fowler, Charlie Dixon , Coleman Hawkins, Don Redman , Elmer Chambers, Fletcher Henderson, Rosa Henderson, Teddy Nixon

Subscribe to 20's Jazz

Navigation:

Home

Back

More videos like this

This record was cut in New York City on July 19th 1923 featuring Rosa Henderson vocals, Elmer Chambers cornet, Teddy Nixon trombone, Don Redman clarinet, Coleman Hawkins tenor sax, Fletcher Henderson piano, Charlie Dixon banjo, and Billy Fowler bass sax.

*"Midnight Blues (A Wee Hour Chant)" was composed by Babe Thompson and Spencer Williams.

Rosa Henderson's life as an entertainer started off in 1913 traveling with her Uncle's circus troupe. Five years later she married Douglas "Slim" Henderson a comedian and co-owner of the "Mason-Henderson" show and toured extensively eventually landing in New York City around 1920 where her professional career truly began.