A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story

A Study in Frustration
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Released1961
RecordedAugust 9, 1923, to
May 28, 1938
GenreJazz
Length3:09:50
LabelColumbia
ProducerFrank Driggs
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A Study in Frustration: The Fletcher Henderson Story is a box set compilation surveying studio recordings of the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra from 1923 to 1938, released in 1961 on Columbia Records, CXK 85470. It initially appeared as a four-album set produced by Frank Driggs and assembled by John Hammond, both of whom also wrote the liner notes. The set was part of a Thesaurus of Classic Jazz series on Columbia which included King of the Delta Blues Singers also worked on by Hammond and Driggs and released in 1961, the first album reissue of songs by blues legend Robert Johnson.