Ernie Henry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ernie Henry

American musician

Date of Birth: 03-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Date of Death: 29-Dec-1957

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Ernie Henry (September 3, 1926 – December 29, 1957) was an American jazz saxophonist. Henry played in the late 1940s with Tadd Dameron (1947), Fats Navarro, Charlie Ventura, Max Roach, and Dizzy Gillespie (1948–49).
From 1950 to 1952 he played in the band of Illinois Jacquet.
After a few years in the shadows, he returned to play with Thelonious Monk (1956), Charles Mingus, Kenny Dorham, Kenny Drew, Wynton Kelly, Wilbur Ware, Art Taylor, Philly Joe Jones and Gillespie again (1956–57).
He recorded three albums as a leader for the Riverside label shortly before his death at the end of 1957.
He died of a heroin overdose, aged 31.



Description	American photographer and journalist
Date of birth/death	28 January 1917	23 April 2006
Location of birth/death	Brooklyn	Great Neck
Work period	1930s date QS:P,+1930-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 , 1940s date QS:P,+1940-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Work location	New York City, Washington, D.C.
Authority control	: Q622278 VIAF: 113043399 ISNI: 0000 0001 1780 1486 LCCN: n82145642 GND: 123340144 BNF: 17060247k WorldCat