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Gordon Jenkins
Gordon Jenkins
Born: May 12, 1910 in Webster Groves, MO
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Died: May 1, 1984 in Malibu, CA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Swing, Traditional Pop, Musicals, Cool
Biography: Gordon Jenkins enjoyed sizable fame as an arranger, conductor, composer, and bandleader from the 30s through the 60s. He began as a multi-instrumentalist freelancing on radio, then became a prolific arranger, contributing to sessions by Isham Jones, Benny Goodman, Lennie Hayton, and others. He conducted ...Read full biography
The Manhattan Tower
The Manhattan Tower
Released: 1946
Label: Decca
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The original Manhattan Tower is a lost artifact of the immediate postwar era, displaced and supplanted by Gordon Jenkins' more expansive reconception and re-composition of the album a decade later. Among ...Read full review
Soul of a People
Soul of a People
Released: 1991
Label: Time
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More Gordon Jenkins albums: Main Albums (11), Compilations (7)
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