Like Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Edgar Sampson and Sy Oliver, Jimmy Mundy was one of the architects of the swing era in the early 1930s. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1907, Mundy played the tenor saxophone in regional bands, where he developed an ear for arranging and the sound he wanted to hear. [Photo above of Jimmy Mundy]
He first worked as an arra…
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