CAT ANDERSON

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Cat Anderson was arguably the greatest high-note trumpeter of all time. His solo on "Satin Doll" from Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert is a perfectly coherent chorus consisting of notes that are so high that it is doubtful if another trumpeter from all of jazz history could hit more than one or two. He first learned trumpet while at the Jenkins Orphanage in Charleston and toured with the Carolina Cotton Pickers, a group in which he made his recording debut. During 1935-1944, Anderson played with many groups including those of Claude Hopkins, Lucky Millinder, Erskine Hawkins, and Lionel Hampton. Hampton loved his high-note mastery, although Hawkins reportedly fired Anderson out of jealousy. In 1944, Cat Anderson was first hired by Duke Ellington and it ended up being the perfect setting for him. Ellington enjoyed writing impossible parts for Cat to play, and Anderson received publicity and a steady income. He read more...
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CAT ANDERSON Plays At 4 a. m. album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays At 4 a. m.
Swing 1958
CAT ANDERSON Cat on a Hot Tin Horn album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat on a Hot Tin Horn
Swing 1959
CAT ANDERSON Cat Anderson And  Ellington All Stars :  Ellingtonia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat Anderson And Ellington All Stars : Ellingtonia
Swing 1962
CAT ANDERSON A Chat With Cat (aka Cat Anderson In Paris) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
A Chat With Cat (aka Cat Anderson In Paris)
Swing 1964
CAT ANDERSON Cat Anderson Claude Bolling  And Co album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat Anderson Claude Bolling And Co
Swing 1965
CAT ANDERSON Cat Speaks album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat Speaks
Swing 1977
CAT ANDERSON Plays W.C. Handy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays W.C. Handy
Swing 1978
CAT ANDERSON House of Jazz vol. 15 (with Francois Guin) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
House of Jazz vol. 15 (with Francois Guin)
Swing 1979
CAT ANDERSON Old Folks album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Old Folks
Swing 1980
CAT ANDERSON Ellingtonia album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ellingtonia
Swing 1982

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CAT ANDERSON The Ellingtonian [1958-1964] [Americans Swinging in Paris] album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Ellingtonian [1958-1964] [Americans Swinging in Paris]
Big Band 2002
CAT ANDERSON Cat Anderson plays W. C. Handy (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat Anderson plays W. C. Handy (The Definitive Black & Blue Sessions)
Swing 2007
CAT ANDERSON Cat Anderson & His Orchestra : Cat's In The Alley album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cat Anderson & His Orchestra : Cat's In The Alley
Swing 2007

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