World Premiere Screening And Concert Of Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius Documentary at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

PBS Documentary World Premiere | Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius
Eddie Henderson – trumpet
George Cables – piano
Mark Rabideau – film producer

Catch the World Premiere of the new PBS documentary film Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius, with the film’s producer Mark Rabideau, and its subject, jazz trumpeter and music legend Eddie Henderson. Henderson’s remarkable story includes a childhood immersed among Harlem’s elite: Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong, among many others. He honorably served our country out of Denver’s Lowry Air Force Base and fought racism to become our nation’s first Black professional figure skater...

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PBS Documentary World Premiere | Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius
Eddie Henderson – trumpet
George Cables – piano
Mark Rabideau – film producer

Catch the World Premiere of the new PBS documentary film Dr. Eddie Henderson: Uncommon Genius, with the film’s producer Mark Rabideau, and its subject, jazz trumpeter and music legend Eddie Henderson. Henderson’s remarkable story includes a childhood immersed among Harlem’s elite: Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, and Louis Armstrong, among many others. He honorably served our country out of Denver’s Lowry Air Force Base and fought racism to become our nation’s first Black professional figure skater. He subsequently earned a medical degree, planning a life as a doctor, but ended up becoming one of the greatest jazz artists in the history of the art form. After the screening, Rabideau will lead a Q&A and discussion with Henderson before Henderson performs in a duo with a longtime collaborator, the great pianist George Cables.

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