Hank Duncan

{{short description|American jazz pianist (1894–1968)}}

Hank Duncan (né Henry James Duncan; 26 October 1894 – 7 June 1968) was an American dixieland jazz pianist born in Bowling Green, Kentucky, probably better known for his work with Fess Williams, King Oliver, Tommy Ladnier, Sidney Bechet, Charles "Fat Man" Turner, and many others. He also toured extensively with Fats Waller. Duncan was sometimes referred to as "The Little Man From Memory Lane." He died in Long Island, New York.

Selected discography

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  1. Black & White 31 (78 rpm)
    Hank Duncan Trio
    Recorded June 7, 1944, New York
    Bingie Madison (clarinet, tenor sax), Hank Duncan (piano), Goldie Lucas (drums)
    Side A: "I Gave You My Word"
    Matrix BW16
    Side B: "Maple Leaf Rag"
    Scott Joplin (music)
    Matrix BW13
    {{oclc|124037858|27955055}}
  2. Black & White 32 (78 rpm)
    Hank Duncan Trio
    Recorded June 7, 1944, New York
    Bingie Madison (clarinet, tenor sax), Hank Duncan (piano), Goldie Lucas (drums)
    Side A: "Changes Always On My Mind"
    Hank Duncan (music)
    Matrix BW15
    Side B: "Upbeat"
    Bingie Madison (music)
    Matrix BW14
    {{oclc|698385363}}

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References

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{{cite book

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| first = Ian

| author2 = Digby Fairweather

| author2-link = Digby Fairweather

| author3 = Brian Priestley

| author3-link = Brian Priestley

| title = Jazz: The Rough Guide

| publisher = The Rough Guides

| year = 1995

| pages = [https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/182 182–183]

| isbn = 1-85828-137-7

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| url = https://archive.org/details/jazzroughguide00carr/page/182

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music (3rd ed.; 8 Vols.) Colin Larkin (ed.), London: Muze; New York: Grove's Dictionaries (1998)

The Encyclopedia of Jazz in the Seventies, by Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, Da Capo Press (paperback) (hardback originally published by Horizon Press) (1976); {{oclc|15133161|993551663|611180907}}

[https://books.google.com/books?id=B4EjDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA196&dq=%22duncan,+Hank%22 Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz, by Leonard Feather & Ira Gitler, with assistance from Swing Journal (de), University of Oxford Press (1999, 2007), pg. 196

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Jazz, by Brian Case & Stan Britt, Harmony Books (1978); {{oclc|948372274|78732047|987201964}}

The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, Barry Kernfeld (ed.), Macmillan

1st ed. (Vol. 1 of 2) (1988); {{oclc|311241900|871681726|873491811}}, {{oclc|959053232|993348114|925781274}}, {{oclc|475579816|723506476|837966134}}
Revised ed. (1994); {{oclc|993544486}}
2nd ed. (Vol. 1 of 3) (2002); {{oclc|990592532|971863902}}

In Black and White (2 Vols), Mary Mace Spradling (ed.), Gale Research; {{oclc|7493403}}

3rd ed. (Vol. 1 of 2) (1980); {{oclc|164917530}}
3rd ed Supplement (1985); {{oclc|849767637}}

[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZD4Cusyb5JcC&pg=PA99&dq=%22duncan,+Hank%22 Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street], by John Chilton. Philadelphia: Chilton (1972); {{oclc|164917530}}

Biography Index (Vol. 8), Rita Volmer Louis (ed.), September 1967 – August 1970, New York: H. W. Wilson Company (1971); {{oclc|24559909}}

Biographical Dictionary of Jazz, by Charles Eugene Claghorn (1911–2005), Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (1982); {{oclc|239745206}}

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Category:1894 births

Category:1968 deaths

Category:American jazz pianists

Category:American male jazz pianists

Category:Dixieland jazz musicians

Category:20th-century American pianists

Category:20th-century American male musicians

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