Henderson Chambers

Henderson Chambers ( born May 1, 1908 in Alexandria ( Indiana), † October 19, 1967 in New York City ) was an American jazz trombonist.

Henderson Chambers studied at Leland College and Morehouse College; after which he played from 1931 in the band of Neil Montgomery. In Nashville, he worked at Doc Banks in 1932, then with Jack Jackson's Pullman Porters, Speed ​​Webb, Zack Whyte and Al Sears in Kentucky.

After two years with Tiny Bradshaw mid-1930s, Chambers moved to New York, where he then 1939/40 occurred in Chris Columbus at the Savoy Ballroom. after which he worked until 1943 when Louis Armstrong, the late 1940s also with Don Redman, Sy Oliver, Lucky Millinder and Count Basie. In the 1950s he was still playing with Cab Calloway, Doc Cheatham, Duke Ellington and Mercer Ellington; He also worked as a studio musician. After he played from 1961 to 1963 in Ray Charles ' backing band worked again until 1966 at the Count Basie Orchestra. Shortly before his death from a heart attack he was still playing at Edgar Battle.