Earl 'Fatha' Hines

CTL-E-0505 · Person · 1925–1983

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Earl Hines moved to Chicago in 1925, met Louis Armstrong at the Musicians' Union, and on December 28, 1928 opened at the Grand Terrace Café leading his own big band. Hines' Grand Terrace orchestra became one of the most broadcast Black bands in America, and his band nurtured musicians including Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, and Billy Eckstine.

The record

Also known as: Fatha

Notes

Merged into canonical KG 2026-10-03 from MUSIC-001; source entity IDs: CTL-DR-MUSIC-001:music-001-person-017; source research type(s): person. Description completed 2026-10-03 from the source research record (claims) during the KG completion pass.

Sources

TheBlues-ThatJazz (http://www.theblues-thatjazz.com/pl/jazz/2284-earl-hines/8089-earl-fatha-hines-the-classic-years-2001.pdf)
Sonichits (https://sonichits.com/album/Earl_Hines/Complete_Jazz_Series_1937_-_1939); PA Center for the Book (http://pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/bios/hines__earl_fatha)
Sonichits (https://sonichits.com/album/Earl_Hines/Complete_Jazz_Series_1937_-_1939)

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