DURHAM, EDDIE. Jazz guitarist ( in San Marcos, Texas). He came from a musical family: six brothers formed the Durham Brothers Orchestra, for which he was a co-leader, guitarist, and trombonist. During the 1920s-30s he played with and wrote arrangements for various groups, including
Walter Page's
Blue Devils (1928-29),
Bennie Moten
(1929-33), James (Jimmie
) Lunceford (1935-37), and
William (Count
) Basie
(1937-38), among others. As a member of Basie's band...
DURHAM, EDDIE
(*1906)> JAZZ GUITARIST