Eddie's brothers and cousins attended a home music school, learning multiple instruments and music notation—unusual for African Indian Americans.

- Toured with SW Circus, vaudeville, and minstrel troupes.

- Eddie became a master arranger, composer, trombonist, and guitarist.

- Major bandleaders, both black and white, hired him to produce big-band swing hits: Bennie Moten, Count Basie, Jimmie Lunceford, The Sweethearts of Rhythm, Glenn Miller, The Ink Spots, and Harry James

- Eddie orchestrated the "dueling tenors" of Lester Young and Herschel Evans in the Count Basie Orchestra

- He choreographed BRASS sections

- Co-composed "I Don't Want To Set The World on Fire"

- Is the arranger of Glenn Miller’s version of "In The Mood", later inducted into the NARAS Hall of Fame.

- Eddie recorded hits on amplified and resonator guitars with Jimmie Lunceford's Orchestra; and on electric guitar for John Hammond, Sr.'s iconic "KC5 Sessions"; and Dave Dexter's sessions on songs with a new guitar sound, "I Want A Little Girl" and "Magic Carpet."

 

The Swingin' The Blues book series collectively feature 200 photos :

1. "The Virtuosity of Eddie Durham" - debuts a family discography - nominated for the A.R.S.C. Award

2. "Eddie Durham and the Ladies of Jazz"

3. "Eddie Durham with The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band" (the Manager's 10 year tour diary).

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REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS, EXHIBITS, FESTIVALS

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Calaboose African American History Museum - Exhibit

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Topsy M. Durham: Speech at "WHAM" (PBS) Documentary Screening (Julliard 2024)

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JAZZ on the TUBE  - audio interview by Lester Perkins​

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THE SYNCOPATED TIMES  - collection of articles by Dave Radlauer 

- links to hear the music (at the end of this article, by Topsy M. Durham)

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Texas State Historical Asso. - disquisition by Dave Oliphant

 

National Jazz Museum in Harlem audio interview by Loren Schoenberg

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Pictorial Discography

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ALL ABOUT JAZZ - Author profile

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Let's SWING DANCE - Classes in world famous Harlem, NY

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