name

Eddie Durham, Guitar

dates

b. August 19, 1906; d. March 06, 1987

birth place

San Marcos, TX

description

Pioneered electric guitar in jazz, played with Walter Page’s Blue Devils, Basie, Lunceford bands, for whom he also penned arrangements.

hot disc

Lester Young, Kansas City Sessions

more info

http://www.durhamjazz.com/