URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Harry Alexander
Variants
- White, "Father," 1898-1962
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1898-06-01
Death Date
- 1962-08-14
Birth Place
- Bethlehem (Pa.)
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Camp meeting in Harlem, 1934:t.p. (Harry White)
- found: Feather, 1999(Harry White, 1898-1962)
- found: White, Harry. Harlem Congo, 2018:title page (Harlem Congo; as performed by Chick Webb and his Orchestra) page iii (transcribed from a recording made November 1, 1937 in New York; "written by an undersung hero of early big band jazz: trombonist/arranger/composer Harry "Father" White"; the work was introduced several months earlier than the recording, in the spring of 1937, by Cab Calloway's band)
- found: Grove music online, October 11, 2018:(White, Harry (Alexander) (Father); born Bethlehem, PA, June 1, 1898; died New York, August 14, 1962; American composer, arranger, and trombonist; played drums in show bands in his teens, but after moving to Washington D.C. around 1919, concentrated on trombone; worked with Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band, among others; credited with inventing the word "jitterbug")
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Change Notes
- 2004-04-19: new
- 2024-05-01: revised
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