Isn’t that Nat King Cole standing with the other two greats? i12bent: Dec. 28 1903 was the birthday of Swing-era jazz pianist and band-leader, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines (d. 1983) who helped shape the history of jazz. Early on, Hines played with Armstrong as one of the Hot Five, before he moved on to lead his own big band (‘the Organization’) in Chicago. Photo: Jazz musician Earl “Father” Hines (L) with Count Basie (R) and unknown man at Basie’s apartment, New York, 1945 Photographer: Gjon Mili, LIFE
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Isn’t that Nat King Cole standing with the other two greats?

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Dec. 28 1903 was the birthday of Swing-era jazz pianist and band-leader, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines (d. 1983) who helped shape the history of jazz. Early on, Hines played with Armstrong as one of the Hot Five, before he moved on to lead his own big band (‘the Organization’) in Chicago.

Photo: Jazz musician Earl “Father” Hines (L) with Count Basie (R) and unknown man at Basie’s apartment, New York, 1945

Photographer: Gjon Mili, LIFE

Source: i12bent

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