About
Jazz trombonist and pioneer with the electric guitar who played with Jimmie Lunceford and Count Basie's Orchestra, and arranged Glenn Miller's "In the Mood."
Before Fame
He was part of Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra, where Counts Basie played the piano, and Durham joined Basie himself in 1937.
Trivia
He composed "Topsy" and "Out the Window" for Count Basie and "Lunceford Special" for Jimmie Lunceford.
Family Life
He was born in San Marcos, Texas, his father Joe Durham was a fiddle player at square dances, and his brother was a one-time cellist with Nat King Cole.
Associated With
He had collaborations with Cab Calloway, among many other notable musicians.
