Terrence Holder

Terrence Holder (January 17, 1897, Muskogee, Oklahoma, United States – September 1983, Muskogee, Oklahoma) was an American jazz trumpeter and territory band leader.^[1] He was also known as "Torrance Holder".^[1]

Career

Beginning in the early 1920s, Holder worked with Alphonse Trent in Muskogee, Oklahoma and was a soloist at a Dallas performance in 1925.^[1] A year later he started the territory band the Dark Clouds of Joy, which included Don Byas, Andy Kirk, and Claude Williams.^[1] When Kirk led the band in 1929, the name was changed to Twelve Clouds of Joy or the Clouds of Joy.^[2] During the 1930s Holder worked in Kansas City with Budd Johnson and Buddy Tate.^[3]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Lambert, Eddie; Kernfeld, Barry (2003). "Holder, Terrence". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J205100. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ "Dark Clouds of Joy". Grove Music Online. 2003. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J112100. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1160/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

General references

Entry at AllMusic by Eugene Chadbourne

[Lambert-1] Lambert, Eddie; Kernfeld, Barry (2003). "Holder, Terrence". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J205100. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[grove1-2] "Dark Clouds of Joy". Grove Music Online. 2003. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J112100. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

[LarkinGE-3] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1160/1. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

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