EDMONIA HENDERSON
Composed by Pearl Wright
Edmonia Henderson:Vocals
Lovie Austin & her Blues Serenaders:
Lovie Austin:Piano
Tommy Ladnier:Cornet
Charles Harris:Tenor Sax
Jimmy O' Bryant:Clarinet
Recorded in Chicago, IL. February, 1924
Originally issued on the 1924 single (Paramount 12095) (78 RPM)
Note: Also issued on (Silvertone 3521, some issues billed as Mae Alix and other issues billed as Ethel Clark) (78 RPM)
This recording taken from the 1997 album "Female Blues Singers:H2 (1923-1930) (Document DOCD-5513) (CD) (Austria)
Composed by Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
Edmonia Henderson:Vocals
Lovie Austin:Piano
Tommy Ladnier:Cornet
Johnny Dodds:Clarinet
Recorded in Chicago, IL. October, 1924
Originally issued on the 1924 single (Paramount 12239) (78 RPM)
(Note:Also issued on Paramount 14002 & Silvertone 3523)
This recording taken from the 1994 C
Edmonia Henderson (c. 1898 or 1900 – February 17, 1947)was an African-American classic female blues singer. She was active as a recording artist in the mid-1920s, recording at least 14 songs between 1924 and 1926. She later became an evangelist.
At various times, Henderson sang accompanied by Jelly Roll Morton, Tommy Ladnier, Lovie Austin, Eddie Heywood, and Johnny Dodds.
Some sources state that she was born Jennie Katherine Edmonia Henderson, in Jefferson County, Kentucky (present-day Louisville), around 1900. However, the researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc state that she was born Edmonia Kath Landen in Tennessee in 1898.
Henderson appeared in vaudeville, both as a solo artist and as part of Joe Clark's Revue, performing on the Theater Owners Booking Association circuit, including appearances in Baltimore, Chicago, and Nashville. In 1925, she performed in Radio Girls, another vaudeville revue, which included Bessie Williams, Mamie Jefferson, and Baby Badge.
Henderson's first recording was made in 1924. She recorded "Dead Man Blues" in 1926, with accompaniment by the writer of the song, Jelly Roll Morton, on piano. In 1927, a record of hers was released in the United Kingdom by the British record label Oriole, as part of its Race Series, under licence from Vocalion. The series also included recordings by Rosa Henderson and Viola McCoy.
By 1928, she was teaching and giving gospel concerts at the Griffith Conservatory of Music in Louisville. In 1932, she married and became the Reverend Edmonia Buckner.
Her work has appeared on various compilation albums, including The Rise and Fall of Paramount Records 1917–1927, Volume 1 (2013).
She is unrelated to Fletcher, Horace, Katherine, or Rosa Henderson.
Henderson died on February 17, 1947, in Louisville and was interred in Louisville Cemetery.
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