Ain't Misbehavin'

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu011020 Luther Henderson Papers Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

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Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2011570512

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 2011 Finding aid written in English. Collection Summary Luther Henderson Papers circa 1930-2003 (bulk 1960-1995) ML31.H45 Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003 approximately 17,250 items 128 containers 54.5 linear feet Collection material in English Music Division Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

Luther Henderson was an American arranger, orchestrator, conductor, music director, and composer. He worked on over fifty Broadway musicals, including Ain't Misbehavin' and Jelly's Last Jam. He was a frequent arranger and orchestrator for Duke Ellington. The collection contains music manuscripts, correspondence, business and financial papers, photographs, promotional materials, clippings, realia, and other materials related to his career. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

People Burr, Charles. Citron, Stephen. Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. Fleagle, Brick. Fleagle, Brick. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Archives. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Correspondence. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Manuscripts. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003--Photographs. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003. Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003. Selections. Organizations Canadian Brass. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Subjects African American composers. Arrangers (Musicians)--United States. Jazz--Lead sheets. Jazz. Music--Manuscripts--United States. Musicals--Excerpts. Musicals--Scores. Orchestrators--United States. Popular music--United States. Revues--Scores. Revues. Titles Ain't misbehavin'. Ain't misbehavin'. Selections. Jelly's last jam. Jelly's last jam. Selections. Form/Genre Artifacts (Object genre) Clippings (Information artifacts) Correspondence. Financial records. Notes. Photographic prints. Programs (Documents) Promotional materials. Scripts (Documents) Administrative Information Provenance

Gift, Billie Allen, 2005.

Accruals

Further accruals are possible.

Processing History

The Luther Henderson Papers were processed by Christopher Hartten, Erin Maher, Christa Bentley, and Brian Jones in 2011. Christopher Hartten coded the finding aid for EAD format in September 2011.

Transfers

Sound recordings from the Luther Henderson Papers have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. An inventory of this material is available in the collection file.

Other Repositories

The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University holds Brick Fleagle's extensive jazz sound recording collection, which Henderson donated to the Institute in 1993.

Related Material

The Music Division holds several special collections that contain Henderson arrangements and correspondence, including the Billy Byers Collection, the Billy Taylor Papers, and the Richard Rodgers Collection. The William P. Gottlieb Collection contains photographs of Henderson's friend and fellow arranger Brick Fleagle.

Materials from the Luther Henderson Papers are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.

Access and Restrictions

The Luther Henderson Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.

Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], Luther Henderson Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note Date Event 1919, Mar. 14 Born, Kansas City, Mo. 1936-1938 Attended College of the City of New York 1939, June 17 Married Tealene Nee Berry 1940, Dec. 24 Son Denson born 1942 B.S., in music, Juilliard School of Music, New York, N.Y. 1944-1946 Staff orchestrator, U.S. Navy School of Music, Washington, D.C. 1946-1947 M.A., in music, New York University 1950, Mar. 19 Son Luther born 1956, Sept. 14 Married Stevie (Muriel) Melzer 1957, Sept. 20 Daughter Melanie born 1958 Composed arrangements for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song 1960 Composed arrangements for Do Re Mi 1971, Jan. 30 Married Margo Semos 1978 Arranger and orchestrator for Ain't Misbehavin' 1981, Feb. 8 Married actress Billie Allen 1988-1989 Conducted and played piano for Broadway revival of Ain't Misbehavin' 1992 Jelly's Last Jam nominated for Tony Award for best score 1992 Jelly's Last Jam wins Drama Desk Award for outstanding orchestration 1997 Play On! nominated for Tony Award for best orchestration 1999-2000 Collaborated with Sir Simon Rattle, Lena Horne, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra on performances and recordings of Classic Ellington 2002 Henderson and Billie Allen honored with a Pioneer Award at the AUDELCO "VIV" Awards 2003 Little Ham nominated for Drama Desk Award for outstanding orchestration 2003, July 29 Died, New York City 2004 Posthumously honored with a Jazz Masters Award by the National Endowment for the Arts Scope and Content Note

The Luther Henderson Papers span from the 1930s to 2003 with the majority of the materials dating from 1960 to 1995. The collection includes music manuscripts, subject files, correspondence, business papers, financial documents, photographs, writings, posters, biographical materials, and realia.

The Music series consists of holograph manuscript or computer-generated scores and sketches, manuscript scores in the hands of other composers, lead sheets, parts, and source materials used for arrangements. Most are extensively annotated and are often accompanied by notes, correspondence, and scripts to which they closely relate. From the late 1980s on, Henderson's scores and sketches are almost exclusively computer-generated, although they are freely annotated by hand. Some pieces contain printed file indexes that indicate other works in progress on his computer at the time. Music in the collection is arranged in five subseries: general projects; performer projects; the Luther Henderson Songbook; music library files; and Brick Fleagle music.

Henderson's degree of involvement with musical projects varied widely. In some instances, such as Ain't Misbehavin, he composed the score of the musical and served as music director. In others, such as Flower Drum Song, he contributed only a few arrangements. Henderson also provided musical advice and ideas for projects that later developed into well-known Broadway musicals or for projects that failed to materialize. All of these are represented in the collection. Notable works include Ain't Misbehavin, Ellington Suite, Jelly's Last Jam, MLK Suite, One More Song, Play On!, Reverend Jenkins' Almost All Colored Orphanage Band, and Turned on Broadway. Henderson was a prolific arranger who worked for various performers, such as the Canadian Brass, Placido Domingo, Mandy Patinkin, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. These projects ranged from commissioned works to concerts and night club acts.

The Luther Henderson Songbook is a compilation of vocal and instrumental music that Henderson hoped one day to publish as a multi-volume series. Although he does indicate specific compositions intended for publication, it is likely that that the files contain extraneous tunes that may or may not have had a place in the final product. The remaining musical materials are files of arrangements by other composers that Henderson used for projects or otherwise came to possess, the latter being manuscripts owned by friend and fellow arranger Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle. These were presumably bequeathed to Henderson upon Fleagle's death in 1992.

Many projects have accompanying subject files, as do projects that have no music materials but other related documents. The Subject Files series contains correspondence, business papers, royalty statements, scripts, clippings, programs, and/or promotional materials. Loose documents and files not originally associated with subject files are arranged within the Personal Correspondence, Business Papers, Financial Documents, or Miscellany series. Henderson's invoices are particularly useful, as they indicate miscellaneous projects from the 1970s in which he took part. The Brick Fleagle materials contain a scattering of Fleagle's business papers and contracts, many of which relate to his musical arrangements file.

Organization of the Luther Henderson Papers

The Luther Henderson Papers are organized in seven series:

Music, 1940s-2002 Subject Files, 1960-2002 Personal Correspondence, 1953-2002 Business Papers, 1960-2003 Financial Documents, 1964-2003 Miscellany, 1935-2000 Brick Fleagle Materials, 1930s-1987 http://lccn.loc.gov/2011570512 Container List Container Contents 1-94, 126-127 Music, 1940s-2002

Scores, sketches, lead sheets, parts, and source materials. Many titles are accompanied by lyric sheets, correspondence, notes, programs, scripts, and other related materials. All projects are musical theater productions or concert works unless indicated otherwise. Musical works with substantial documentation have corresponding subject files.

General Projects

Musical theater productions, concerts, films, recording sessions, individual pieces, and miscellaneous projects.

Arranged alphabetically by title of project.

Ain't misbehavin', 1978, 1988 1/1-2, 52/1 Scores, sketches, lyric sheets, correspondence, and source materials Ain't misbehavin' suite: for chamber orchestra, undated 52/2 Scores The all night strut, 1976 126/1 Scores, program, and clippings Benton and Bowles Inc. [advertisements], 1968-1969

For Avis Radio and Ambush Perfume

1/3 Scores, sketches, parts, lyric sheets, and notes Billy Taylor's 80th birthday celebration [concert], 2002 1/4 Parts for "I wish I knew how it would feel to be free" Black and blue, 1989 1/5-6, 2/1-2 Scores and sketches Black, brown, and beige, undated 52/3 Score for "The Lord is my shepherd" Blow that trumpet, brother, brother!, undated 126/2 Scores and script Bricktop in Paris, 1980 126/3 Scores and script Campbell's Soup [advertisement], 1990 2/3 Scores, sketches, and correspondence Classic Ellington [concert/recording], 1999, 2000 2/4-5, 52/4 Scores, correspondence, notes, and source materials

Includes scores for the Far East suite

Come Sunday [recording session], 1994 52/5 Scores, sketches, parts, and correspondence Conquering Thursday, 1969 3/1 Score for "Prologue" The crystal tree, 1981 3/2-5 Scores and sketches 4/1-2 Bass and drum parts Do re mi, 1960 4/3 Scores for "I know about love" and "Listen baby" Ellington suite, 1991 5/1-2 Scores, sketches, and source materials Ellington's New York [concert], 1993 5/3-5 Scores, sketches, correspondence, notes, and source materials Far East suite [recording project], 1999 see Classic Ellington The first, 1981 5/6 Scores for "Ebbets field" and "There are days" Happy New Year, 1980 5/7 List of musical numbers Hey, foxy mama, 1987 52/6-7 Scores, sketches, lead sheets, lyric sheets, and notes 5/8 Lead sheets Jelly's last jam, 1992

Working title: Mr. Jelly Lord

6-7 Piano-conductor score 8-16, 53, 54/1-5 Scores, sketches, lead sheets, lyric sheets, and notes

Materials arranged chronologically, 1989-1992

17/1-5 Parts Laura, undated

Music and lyrics by Stephen Citron

17/6 Lead sheets The mayor of Harlem, undated 54/6 Scores, sketches, lyric sheets, and script excerpts Miscellany, 1956-1994 54/7 Scores

Instrumental works

Titles: Brass quintet; A Christmas theme; Ditty a' la Dizzy; Frolic Sam; It's rumor; Story cues

17/7 Score excerpts, sketches and fragments, script excerpts, and notes

Chiefly unidentified materials

126/4 Sketch book

On cover: Early '40s

MLK suite, 1992 18-20, 54/8 Scores and sketches 21-22 Parts My Broadway, 1998 23/1 Scores for "Mean to me" and "Not while I'm around" Olds FLA '87 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1987 23/2-5, 54/9 Scores, script, and source materials Olds for '60 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1959-1960 23/6 Scores Olds for '87 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1986 23/7-9, 54/10 Scores, sketches, script, correspondence, program, and notes Olds for '88 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1987 24 Scores, script, notes, program, and source materials Olds for '89 [Oldsmobile promotional event], 1988 25/1-3 Scores, vocal parts, and source materials One more song, 1987

Music and lyrics by Stephen Citron

25/4-5, 26, 27/1-2 Scores 27/3-4, 28/1-3 Scores of miscellaneous songs 28/4-5, 29/1-3 Lead sheets 29/4-6 Parts Play on!, 1997 30/1-2 Score 30/3-4, 31/1-4 Rehearsal scores 31/5 Sketches and source materials Polly, 2000

Stage collaboration with Polly Bergen

32 Rehearsal scores 33 Scores, sketches, lyric sheets, and script excerpts Porgy and Bess suite (brass quintet), 1989 34/1 Score Porgy and Bess suite (brass quintet, orchestra), undated 34/2 Score 34/3-8 Parts Reverend Jenkins' Almost All Colored Orphanage Band, 1987 35 Scores, lead sheets, lyric sheets, notes, and source materials Riviera on the rocks, 1959 36/1-2 Scores and lead sheets Saturday laughter, 1998-1999

Other title: Zuma's journey; Renaissance man

36/3-4 Scores, lead sheets, and plot outline Siren song, undated 36/5 Scores and lead sheets The slams [film], 1973 55-56 Scores and parts Songs my mother never taught me, circa 1979

Earlier title: New phases of 55

Music and lyrics by Stephen Citron

36/6-7 Scores, sketches, lead sheets, lyric sheets, script, and notes St. Louis woman, 1997 37, 57/1-2 Scores, sketches, and notes Stormy weather, 2001 38/1-2 Piano-vocal score 38/3-6, 39/1-3 Scores and sketches 39/4 Bass parts Storyville, 1970s 57/3-4 Scores, script excerpts, and notes Sweeter and sweeter, 1983

Co-written by Leslie Ray

39/5 Scores, notes, and plot outline The three Black kings [ballet], undated

Other title: Les trois rois noirs

58/1, 127/1 Scores Turned on Broadway [recording], 1982 59, 60/1-2 Scores for vol. 1 40-42 Parts for vol. 1 60/3-5, 61 Scores for vol. 2 43-51 Parts for vol. 2 Performer Projects

Music for concerts, recordings, or night club acts by individual performers or groups.

Arranged alphabetically by performer last name or name of group.

Bergen, Polly see General Projects: Polly Brightman, Sarah, 1988 73/1-5 Scores, correspondence, financial documents, and source materials Burr, Charles, 1976 73/6 Scores and sketches Canadian Brass, circa 1982-1998 12th Street rag 74/1 Scores A-moverin 74/2 Scores Amazing grace 74/3 Scores American Dixieland 62/1 Sketches and notes Andante and Oh, minuetto 74/4 Scores Ballin' the jack 74/5 Scores and source materials Beale Street blues 74/6 Scores Bess, you is my woman 62/2 Score Black bottom stomp 74/7 Scores BMG Classics [recording project] 62/3 Scores, tuba parts, and correspondence Brass on Broadway [recording] 74/8 Scores, correspondence, and source materials The Buttercup-Willow affair 74/9 Scores and source materials By an' by 74/10 Scores and source materials Bye bye baby 62/4 Score, sketches, and tuba part The carousel waltz 62/5, 75/1 Scores and source materials Clockwise permutation 62/6 Scores and parts Deep river 75/2 Scores and source materials Dixie über Alles 75/3 Scores, correspondence, and source materials Don't mean a thing 62/7 Score and sketches Don't mean a thing / Sentimental mood 62/8 Scores and sketches Elegy and celebration 63/1 Score, sketches, and correspondence The Ellington connection [recording project] 63/2 Scores, correspondence, and source materials The entertainer 63/3 Source materials Ezekiel's chariot 75/5 Scores and source materials Fugue for tinhorns 63/4 Score, sketches, piano part, and source materials Germany '96 [concert]

Performance in Hamburg, 1996 January 12-13

63/5 Score, parts, correspondence, and source materials Gospel according to the Brass [recording project] 63/6-7, 75/5 Scores, sketches, parts, notes, and source materials A gospel wedding song 63/8 Score and parts High society 75/6-7 Scores Huara-che-roony 63/9 Scores and parts I got rhythm 64/1 Scores Indian love call 76/1 Scores and source materials Inside Ellingtonia [concert] 64/2 Scores, sketches, correspondence, notes, and source materials Jelly and the vamp 76/2 Scores Joy to the world 76/3 Scores and source materials Judith Blegon [concert] 64/3 Sketches, notes, and source materials King Porter stomp 76/4 Scores and source materials London blues

Other title: Shoe shiner's drag

76/5 Scores and source materials Loudly let the trumpet bray 76/6 Scores and source materials Lush life 64/4 Score and parts MacDonald's Band 64/5 Scores, sketches, and parts Mamie's blues 76/7 Scores and source materials Maple leaf rag 64/6 Score and source materials McDonald's in brass [advertisement] 76/8 Scores and source materials Memory 64/7 Score and sketches Minuet in blue-hoo 65/1 Score and parts Music of the night 65/2 Score, sketches, and source materials My dearest love 76/9 Scores Nearer to thee 65/3 Scores and sketches New world a comin' 65/4 Scores, sketches, correspondence, and source materials O say can you 76/10 Scores, correspondence, and notes The pearls 76/11 Scores and sketches Poor butterfly see also BMG Classics 65/5 Score, trumpet parts, and source materials The race 77/1 Scores Red hot jazz: the Dixieland album [recording] 65/6-7 Scores Red velvet brass 65/8 Scores and source materials The rhythm series 65/9 Score Rondo-boperation 77/2 Score and parts The saints' hallelujah 66/1, 77/3 Score Send in the clowns 66/2 Score, sketches, and source materials Sentimental mood 66/3 Scores Seventy-six trombones 66/4 Score and sketches Slaughter on 10th Ave. 77/4-5 Scores and source materials Softly as in a morning sunrise 77/6 Scores and source materials Sophisticated lady 66/5 Scores, sketches, and correspondence St. Louis blues 77/7 Scores The Strayhorn suite 66/6 Score and source materials for "Blood count" Strike up the band 66/7 Score Strike up the band [recording] 66/8 Scores Study war no more 77/8 Scores Sugar blues see also BMG Classics 67/1 Parts and source materials Take his hand 67/2 Score What child is this? 77/9 Scores and source materials The wolverines 77/10 Scores, sketches, and source materials You made me love you 77/11 Scores You name it 67/3 Score and parts Cook, Barbara, 1987 78/1 Scores for "Sooner or later" Dietz and Schwartz, 1972 67/4 Sketches, lyric sheets, notes, and source materials Domingo, Placido, 1991 67/5 Scores, notes, and source materials Ellis, Anita, 1992-1993 67/6 Scores, lead sheets, correspondence, photographs, notes, and source materials Goulet, Robert and Carol, 1966 67/7 Scores and notes Henderson, Margo, 1977-1978 and undated 68-70/4, 78/2 Scores, parts, promotional materials, notes, and miscellany

Chiefly materials for an event at the Rainbow Grill, NY, 1978

Henderson, Melanie, 1966 and undated 70/5 Scores and lyric sheets

Mostly songs by Melanie Henderson in Luther Henderson's hand

Johnson, Betty, 1983-1985 71/1-3 Scores, notes, and source materials Lawrence, Carol, 1962, 1965 and undated 71/4-5, 78/3 Scores and notes

Includes "Shaking the blues away", written for the 1962 Christmas episode of the Ed Sullivan Show

Patinkin, Mandy, 1988 78/4-6, 79 Scores and source materials Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1987-1988 Andrew Lloyd Weber suite 80/1 Scores Another hundred people with fidgety feet 80/2 Scores Cole Porter suite. Overture 72/1 Scores Harold Arlen suite 72/2, 80/3-4 Scores 80/5-7 Parts Hart and Hammerstein by Rodgers 81/1-2 Scores 81/3 Parts for 3rd movement Jesus Christ superstar: instrumental suite 81/4-5 Scores 72/3 Source materials and notes Jule Styne suite 72/4, 82/1-2 Scores 82/3-5 Parts Phantom of the opera: orchestra suite 83/1-3 Scores 72/5 Source materials and notes Quelquechose suite: op. 2. Me and my girl medley 83/4 Scores Shore, Dinah, undated 72/6 Scores Uggams, Leslie, 1996 72/7-8 Scores and correspondence Luther Henderson Songbook

Scores and lead sheets, most of which were intended for future publication as bound volumes. Includes both vocal and instrumental works.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

84/1 Accelerator and Don't sing it 84/1 All for Harold (That's my boy!) 84/1 Andante, op. 2 84/1 Baby blue 84/1 Be a girl 84/1 Blue legato brass 84/1 The blues 84/1 The bossa cha-cha nova 84/1 Bossa nova: op. 1 84/1 Bossa nova: op. 2 84/1 Call it love 84/1 Can't stop 84/1 Chicago 84/1 Chicken reel 84/1 Cloak and dagger 84/1 Clockwise permutation 84/1 Crystal tree 84/2 Darling 84/2 The devil you say 84/2 Don't mess with Tess 84/2 Doxology for my teeny bopper: op. 1 84/2 Doxology for my teeny bopper: op. 2 84/2 Dream smoke 84/2 A drum is a woman 84/2 The evil eye 84/2 For the homeless 84/2 For the Lord 84/2 Fox trot 84/2 Frankie and Johnny twist 84/2 The future Mrs. (Mr.) me 84/2 Give me a man 84/2 A gospel wedding song 84/2 Got no time 84/2 Gotta have talent 84/2 Hey Cherie! 84/2 High hat 84/2 Home is the entire world 84/2 I know her name 84/2 If I could fly 84/2 India inck 84/2 Just got me 84/3 Lady of the lavender mist 84/3 The Lord is my shepherd 84/3 Love has a funny way 84/3 Love scene 84/3 Love song 84/3 Love stays 84/3 Lullaby 84/3 Lutu's song 84/3 Magical man 84/3 March time 84/3 Margo's tune 84/3 Meditation 84/3 Melanie's lullaby 84/3 Melanie's marching song 84/3 Mercy me 84/3 Minuet in blue-hoo 84/3 Mutual funds 84/3 My gray matter 84/3 My kind of love 84/3 My love 84/4 Not your heart 84/4 Nothin' funny 84/4 No wonder 84/4 Oh God 84/4 Old MacDonald's farm 84/4 Opus staccato 84/4 Please don't go away from me 84/4 River song 85/1 The saga of Bailey 85/1 Satin-skinned gal 85/1 September theme 85/1 Small aria 85/1 So what 85/1 Solitaire 85/1 Solo and duet 85/1 Sorrow 85/1 The Soulville train 85/1 The spelling bee 85/1 Spell it out 85/1 Stanley 85/1 Stephanie 85/1 Sweet little baby of mine 85/1 Sweet Mary 85/2 Take his hand 85/2 Take my hand 85/2 Ten good years 85/2 Thanksgiving 85/2 That's life, I guess 85/2 That's no news 85/2 There's a look to her 85/2 There's something about a man who doesn't love you 85/2 This land 85/2 The time is wrong 85/2 Theme 85/2 To a tilted em 85/2 The torque 85/2 Travel on 85/2 A tune for WM. S. 85/3 Waltz in E♭ 85/3 Watergate watchman 85/3 Well, well 85/3 What a day 85/3 What a star can do 85/3 What ever happened to the dream 85/3 What ev'ry woman knows 85/3 What happened 85/3 What I'm gonna do 85/3 What kind of jazz is that? 85/3 White of her 85/3 Wiggins 85/3 Woman 85/3 Yesterday's child 85/3 You 85/3 You name it 85/3 Young man 85/4 Lists of songs for inclusion Music Library Files

Annotated scores and lists of materials in Henderson's library.

Arranged alphabetically by folder title.

85/5 Beane, Reginald 85/6 Bells are ringing 86/1-3 Blackwell, Charles and Herb Schultz 86/4 Christmas songs 86/5, 87/1-3 Do re mi

Includes a complete piano-conductor score

87/4 Flora and the red menace 87/5-7 Hallelujah baby! 88/1 Lists of sheet music in library 88/2 Masello, Robert and Peter Strode 88/3-7 Miscellanous songs

Arranged by composer

89/1 Miss Ethel Waters 89/2 Morgan, Bob 89/3 Rodgers and Hart 89/4 Strayhorn, Billy 89/5 Tempo Music Inc.

Mostly Duke Ellington scores

89/6 That 5 a.m. jazz Brick Fleagle Music

Scores and parts by Henderson's close friend and fellow arranger, Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle. Includes arrangements by other composers in Fleagle's hand.

Arranged alphabetically by title.

90/1 Ain't cha-glad? 90/2 Alice blue gown 90/3 Auld lang syne 90/4 Basin Street blues

Arranged by Ken Macomber

90/5 Blue interlude

Arranged by Benny Carter

90/6 Blue Lou

Arranged by Horace Henderson

90/7 Blue room

Arranged by A.G. Williams

90/8 Burnin' de candle at both end 90/9 Can't we be friends

Arranged by Benny Carter

90/10 Chocolate 90/11 Ciao 91/1 D♮ blues 91/2 Dark eyes 91/3 Dear old Southland

Arranged by A.G. Williams

91/4 The Duke steps out

Arranged by A.G. Williams

91/5 An earful of music

Arranged by Benny Carter

91/6 Gee! Ain't I good to you

Arranged by Bill Long

91/7 Heavy Edna

Arranged by Joe St. John

91/8 Hot Toddy

Arranged by Benny Carter

91/9 I found a new baby

Arranged by Joe St. John

91/10 I got rhythm 92/1 I know that you know

Arranged by Horace Henderson

92/2 I never slept a wink last night 92/3 I'm comin' Virginia 92/4 Juba dance

Arranged by Paul Alspach

92/5 Lady be good

Arranged by Mat Van Cleave

92/6 Liza

Arranged by Benny Carter

92/7 Makin' friends 92/8 The man from the South

Arranged by Red Kent

92/9 Mandy

Arranged by Benny Carter

92/10 My gal Sal

Arranged by Fletcher Henderson

93/1 Nagasaki

Arranged by Benny Carter

93/2 Nola 93/3 Oh! Miss Hannah! 93/4 Old loves 93/5 Red Bean Row

Arranged by Nat Leslie

93/6 Riff romp

Arranged by Benny Carter

93/7 Rockin' in rhythm

Arranged by A.G. Williams

93/8 Rolling in love 93/9 Royal garden blues

Arranged by Nat Leslie

93/10 Shanghai shuffle

Arranged by Fletcher Henderson

94/1 Somebody loves me

Arranged by Bill Long

94/2 Sophisticated lady 94/3 Spellbound

Arranged by Benny Carter

94/4 Star dust 94/5 Sweet Sue 94/6 Swing it

Arranged by Benny Carter

94/7 Swing low, sweet chariot 94/8 Three little words 94/9 Tired of everything 94/10 Was my face red? 94/11 When Bhudda smiles

Arranged by "Hap" Wolff

94/12 Who cares?

Arranged by C.L. Johnson

94/13 Will you, won't you, be my baby? 95-115 Subject Files, 1960-2002

Business papers, scripts, contracts, programs, clippings, financial documents, and/or notes. All projects are musical theater productions or concert works unless indicated otherwise.

Organized in two subseries: general projects and performer projects. Arranged alphabetically by title of project or last name of performer.

General Projects

Musical theater productions, concerts, films, recording sessions, individual pieces, and miscellaneous projects.

Arranged alphabetically by title of project.

95/1 About face, undated

Script only

95/2-9, 96/1-5 Ain't misbehavin, 1978, 1988 96/6 Belle Starr, 1996

By Charles Burr

Script only

96/7 Billy Taylor's 80th birthday celebration [concert], 2002 96/8 Black and blue, 1989 97/1-2 Blind man of Broadway, 1991

Script only

97/3 Bojangles, undated

Script only

97/4 Carver, undated

Script only

97/5 Celluloid, 1978

Script only

97/6 The chit'lin circuit, 1985

Script only

97/7-8, 98/1-8 Classic Ellington [concert/recording], 1999, 2000 98/9 Conquering Thursday, 1969 98/10-13 The crystal tree, 1981 99/1 Do re mi, 1960 99/2 Eliza [WNET film], 1975 99/3 Ella Fitzgerald 75th birthday celebration, 1993

Script only

99/4 Ellington: a theatrical review, 1978 99/5-7 Ellington centennial [UCLA concert], 1999 99/8 Ellington suite, 1991 99/9 Ellington's New York [concert], 1993 99/10 F. Jasmine Addams, 1971

Script only

Far East suite [recording project], 1999 see Classic Ellington 100/1-2 The first, 1981 100/3 Fresh air taxi, 1990

Script only

100/4 Getting up nights, undated

By Charles Burr

Script only

100/5 Good news, 1973 100/6 Hallelujah baby!, undated

Script only

100/7 Happy New Year, 1980

Script only

101/1-3 Hey, foxy mama, 1987 101/4 Hot feet, 2002

Script only

101/5 Hot spot, 1963

Script only

Jelly's last jam, 1992 101/6-9, 102/1-4 Business papers 102/5 Clearance forms 102/6-8, 103/1-5 Clippings 103/6 Programs 103/7-8, 104/1-6 Royalty statements 105/1-7, 106/1-3 Scripts 106/4 Student study guide 106/5-6 Tour materials 106/7 Keep a knockin', 1988

Script only

106/8 Laura, undated

Script only

106/9 Little ham, 1987 106/10 Look to the rainbow, 1985 106/11 Lucky guy, undated

Script only

106/12 Lush life: a Strayhorn cabaret [recording project], 1998 107/1 Mahalia, 1978 107/2 Marilyn, undated

Script only

107/3-4 The mayor of Harlem, undated 107/5 Me and Wilhelmina, undated 107/6 Miss Ethel Waters, 1983 107/7 Miss Teen USA, 1986 107/8 MLK suite, 1992 107/9 Mr. Nobody, undated

Script only

107/10 My Broadway [concert], 1998 107/11 My mother's daughter, undated

By Melanie Henderson

108/1-7 One more song, 1987 108/8-9 Persephone, 1962, 1996

By Charles Burr

Script only

109/1-12, 110/1-8 Play on!, 1997 110/9 Polly, 2000 111/1 Quasimodo, 1976

By Charles Burr

Script only

111/2-3 The Ragtime blues, 1976

Script only

111/4 Rare breed, 1986

By Melanie Henderson

111/5-9, 112/1-4 Reverend Jenkins' Almost All Colored Orphanage Band, 1987 112/5 Rodgers and Hart, 1975 112/6-7 Saturday laughter, 1998-1999

Other title: Zuma's journey; Renaissance man

113/1-6 St. Louis woman, 1997 113/7-10 Stormy weather, 2001 113/11 Storyville, 1970s 113/12 Sugar Hill, 1985 113/13 The three Black kings [ballet], undated

Other title: Les trois rois noirs

113/14 Turned on Broadway [recording], 1982

Royalty statements only

113/15 Walk in my shoes, 1968 Performer Projects

Music for concerts, recordings, or night club acts by individual performers or groups.

Arranged alphabetically by performer last name or name of group.

114/1 Brightman, Sarah, 1988 114/2-16 Canadian Brass, circa 1992-1990 115/1 Cassidy, Tim, 1975 115/2 Henderson, Margo, 1969, 1977-1978 and undated 115/3 Horne, Lena, 1983 115/4 Johnson, Betty, 1983-1985 115/5 Norman, Jessye, 1993-1998 115/6 Patinkin, Mandy, 1988 115/7 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1987-1988 115/8 Smith, Alexis, 1975 115/9 Three Mo' Tenors, 1998 115 Personal Correspondence, 1953-2002

Letters from family, friends, and notable musical personalities.

Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by last name of correspondent.

115/10-12 1957-1997 and undated 115/13 Allen, Billie, 1968-1969 and undated 115/14-15 Congratulatory notes, 1958, 1988-1992

Chiefly notes for Ain't misbehavin' and Jelly's last jam

115/16 Davis Jr., Sammy, 1956 115/17 Henderson, Melanie and Denson, 1976-2002 115/18 Kostelanetz, Andre, 1977 115/19 Rodgers, Richard, 1975 115/20 Strayhorn, Billy, 1953 116-117 Business Papers, 1960-2003

Professional correspondence, contracts, notes, publicity materials, and miscellaneous materials.

Arranged chronologically or alphabetically by folder title.

116/1-4 1965-2003 and undated 116/5 American Eagle Awards, 1993 116/6 American Musicals Project, 1998-1999 116/7 BMI, 1986-1995 116/8 Contact information lists, 1960-1992 and undated 117/1 Do-re-mi-ology, 1987 117/2 Ellington International Conference, 1998 117/3 The Juno Company, 1982-1983

Correspondence regarding a Barney Josephson tribute show

117/4 Lena Horne Music Scholarship, 1989 117/5 MCA Classics, 1987-1997 117/6 Music rental, 1988-1994 117/7 Peabody Institute, 1993-1994 117/8 Quel Else Enterprises, 1978-1989 117/9 Tony Awards, 1997 117/10 United Artists Corp., 1975-1976 and undated 117-118 Financial Documents, 1964-2003

Invoices, ledgers, royalties, tax returns, and other personal or business-related items. Projects not identified in above series may have supporting invoices or royalty statements present in these files.

Arranged alphabetically by file name.

117/11 AFM pension fund, 1975-2003 117/12 Computer file indexes, 1987-1989 117/13, 118/1 Invoices, 1964-1988 and undated 118/2-6 Ledgers, 1970-1975 118/7 Lu-Mel Music, 1970-1971 118/8 Pelican Resort and Casino, 1986-1988, 1995 118/9 Royalties, 1995 118/10 Royalties and pay stubbs, 1969-1971 118/11 Tax returns, 1965-1972 119-123, 127-128 Miscellany, 1935-2000

Personal documents, writings, photographs, realia, posters, and other miscellaneous materials.

127/2 Awards, 1970s?, 1987-1992 119/1 Clippings, 1953-1958, 1989, 1994 121-123 Datebooks and address books, 1975, 1984-1991 127/3 Miscellany, undated

Includes a portrait drawing of Henderson

119/2 Personal documents, 1956-1996 119/3-6 Photographs, 1985-1998 and undated 127/4-5 Posters, undated

Includes several posters for Ain't misbehavin and Jelly's last jam

119/4-10 Programs, 1946-1997 and undated 128 Realia, 1998 and undated

Ain't misbehavin belt, cap, eyeglasses, metronomes, and a Black Theatre Alliance Award for Play on!

119/11 Résumés, 1993 and undated 119/12 Scrapbook, 1941-1955 120/1-6 Writings, 1935-1939, 1982, 1994-2000 and undated 124-125 Brick Fleagle Materials, 1930s-1987

Business papers and photographs formerly in the possession of Henderson's close friend and fellow arranger, Jacob Roger "Brick" Fleagle.

124/1 Contracts, 1943-1947 124/2 Correspondence and miscellany, 1973-1977 and undated 124/3 Invoices, 1976-1987 and undated 124/4 Personal documents, 1958, 1971, 1980s Photographs, 1930s-1940s and undated 125/1 Fleagle, alone 125/2 Fleagle, with others

Included: Buck Clayton

125/3-6 Other performers

Included: Louis Armstrong; Benny Carter; Wayman Carver; Tyree Glenn; Walter Johnson; Claude Jones; John Kirby; Jimmie Lunceford; Sy Oliver; Oran Page; Fats Waller; Ben Webster; Dicky Wells; Rudy Williams

125/7-8 Recording sessions

Included: Buck Clayton; Miles Davis; Jimmy Jones; Tyree Glenn; Cecil Scott; Rex Stewart; Billy Taylor Sr.; Dicky Wells