VODERY, WILL HENRY BENNETT

VODERY, WILL HENRY BENNETT. Arranger-composer (8 October 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 18 November 1951 in New York, New York). His family ran a theatrical boardinghouse in Philadelphia, where he came into contact with leading black entertainers of the period. He studied piano as a child and began playing in local concerts during the 1890s. Later he attended the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he studied with Hugh Clark . His early professional experiences were with...