Hank Duncan (né Henry James Duncan; 26 October 1894 – 7 June 1968) was an American dixieland jazz pianist born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably better known for his work with Fess Williams, King Oliver, Tommy Ladnier, Sidney Bechet, Charles "Fat Man" Turner, and many others. He also toured extensively with Fats Waller.[1][2][3][4][5] Duncan was sometimes referred to as "The Little Man From Memory Lane."[6][7][8][9][10] He died in Long Island, New York.
Selected discography
edit- Black & White 31 (78 rpm)
Hank Duncan Trio
Recorded June 7, 1944, New York
Bingie Madison (clarinet, tenor sax), Hank Duncan (piano), Goldie Lucas (drums)
Side A: "I Gave You My Word"
Matrix BW16
Side B: "Maple Leaf Rag"
Scott Joplin (music)
Matrix BW13
OCLC 124037858, 27955055 - Black & White 32 (78 rpm)
Hank Duncan Trio
Recorded June 7, 1944, New York
Bingie Madison (clarinet, tenor sax), Hank Duncan (piano), Goldie Lucas (drums)
Side A: "Changes Always On My Mind"
Hank Duncan (music)
Matrix BW15
Side B: "Upbeat"
Bingie Madison (music)
Matrix BW14
OCLC 698385363
References
edit- ^ Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3rd ed.; 8 Vols.) Colin Larkin (ed.), London: Muze; New York: Grove's Dictionaries (1998)
- ^ Carr, Ian; Digby Fairweather; Brian Priestley (1995). Jazz: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 182–183. ISBN 1-85828-137-7.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, by Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, Da Capo Press (paperback) (hardback originally published by Horizon Press) (1976); OCLC 15133161, 993551663, 611180907
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz, by Brian Case & Stan Britt, Harmony Books (1978); OCLC 948372274, 78732047, 987201964
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Barry Kernfeld (ed.), Macmillan
- ^ In Black and White (2 Vols), Mary Mace Spradling (ed.), Gale Research; OCLC 7493403
- ^ Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street, by John Chilton. Philadelphia: Chilton (1972); OCLC 164917530
- ^ Biography Index (Vol. 8), Rita Volmer Louis (ed.), September 1967 – August 1970, New York: H. W. Wilson Company (1971); OCLC 24559909
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of Jazz, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1982); OCLC 239745206
- ^ [https://books.google.com/books?id=B4EjDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196&dq=%22duncan,+Hank%22 Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, by Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, with assistance from Swing Journal (de), University of Oxford Press (1999, 2007), pg. 196