The Cotton Club: Ellington, Henderson and the Dawn of Swing

Radio broadcasts from Harlem's segregated ballroom made the arranger-bandleader America's new star. Fletcher lit the fuse; Duke built the orchestra.

Playlist by @birth_of_jazz

11 tracks, shared on Audicious.

1. DUKE ELLINGTON - the history of the COTTON CLUB in Harlem (part 1 of 2) — TheMotionDevotion
2. What It Was Really Like At The Cotton Club — Grunge
3. History Brief: the Cotton Club — Reading Through History
4. FLETCHER HENDERSON (The other king) Jazz History #11 — Chase Sanborn
5. Phil Schaap Discusses Fletcher Henderson — Essentially Ellington
6. Young Fletcher Henderson (1921-1923) — Desdemona202
7. Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club (1929-1931) — Glen's Audio Restoration
8. Duke Ellington - Pianist & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO — Biography
9. On the Road with Duke Ellington — Dmytro Terleckyj
10. DUKE ELLINGTON "The Swing Era 1920's" — roger bridgland
11. The Cotton Club Remembered (1985) — Reelblack One