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Reginald Foresythe (28 May 1907 – 28 December 1958) [1] was a British jazz pianist, arranger, composer, and bandleader. Foresythe entertains members of the RAF at the piano during a performance of the Services variety show Entertainment Pie, at Setif, Algeria during WWII, 1943.
The pianist, composer, and bandleader Reginald Foresythe occupied a critical location as a black British musician within Anglo-American jazz culture and the African diaspora. Foresythe warrants attention for his highly influential yet neglected contribution to 1930s jazz during a crucial period in which the rapid proliferation and ...
Reginald Charles Foresythe (May 28, 1907 - December 28, 1958) was a British pianist, bandleader and composer. Innovative jazz composer whose music frequently possessed wit, as well as sophistication, charm and ingenuity.
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This chapter explores the work of the little-known pianist, composer and bandleader Reginald Foresythe (1907-1958) in the context of his unique critical location as a black-British musician within Anglo-American jazz culture and the African diaspora.
British jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. Foresythe played piano from age eight and worked in the second half of the 1920s as a pianist and accordionist in dance bands in Paris, Australia, Hawaii, and California. He also wrote music for films by D.W. Griffith among others and played in Paul Howard's Quality Serenaders.
Listen to music by Reginald Foresythe on Apple Music. Find top songs and albums by Reginald Foresythe including Dodging a Divorcee, Mood Indigo (feat. Arthur Young) [piano duet] and more.
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Reginald Foresythe. English jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader, born May 28, 1907 in London, England, died December 28 (or) 23, 1958 in the same city.
London-born Reginald Foresythe (1907–1958) was a sublime composer whose idiosyncratic works were recorded by dozens of popular bands and artists during his life.