Works

Broadway

• PLAY ON!

• JELLY'S LAST JAM

• LENA HORNE: THE LADY AND HER MUSIC

• THE FIRST

• HAPPY NEW YEAR

• AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

• SO LONG 174TH STREET

• FLOWER DRUM SONG

• DO RE MI

• FUNNY GIRL

• HALLELUJAH, BABY

• PURLIE

• NO, NO, NANETTE

• BEGGAR'S HOLIDAY

• KATHERINE DUNHAM'S TROPICAL REVUE

• BRAVO GIOVANNI

• I HAD A BALL

• HOT SPOT

• HIGH SPIRITS

• GOLDEN RAINBOW

• THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT

• WILD AND WONDERFUL

• GOOD NEWS

• DOCTOR JAZZ

• RODGERS & HART

Off-Broadway and Regional Theatre

• ETHEL WATERS - Amas Playhouse, New York City

• THE CRYSTAL TREE - Amas playhouse, New York City

• MAHALIA - Henry Street Settlement, New York City

• JAZZBO BROWN - New York City

• STORYVILLE - Ford Theatre, Washington, D.C.

• THE ALL NIGHT STRUT -  Ford Theatre, Washington, D.C.

• CABIN IN THE SKY - Sea Cliff, Long Island

• $600 AND A MULE - Huntington Hartford Theatre, Hollywood, CA

• ON TIME - New York City

• MRS. CARRIE B. PHILLIPS - New York City

• F. JASMINE ADDAMS - New York City

Dance Theater / Musical

• LES TROIS ROIS NOIS - Dance Theatre of Harlem, Ellington/Henderson

• THREE BLACK KINGS - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Elligton/Henderson

• MISS WATERS TO YOU

• THE CRYSTAL TREE - Doris Jullan, Book and Lyrics

• SIREN SONG - Charles Burr, Book and Lyrics

• RIVIERA ON THE ROCKS - Davidyne Saxon, Book and Lyrics

• ROSE COLOURED GLASSES - Billy Strayhorn, Primary Composer

Television

• MISS TEEN U.S.A. PAGEANT 1983, 1984, 1985

• MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT 1986

• AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'

• THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW

• THE HELEN MORGAN STORY (starring Polly Bergen)

• THE FIRST VICTOR BORGE SPECIAL

• THE SECOND VICTOR BORGE SPECIAL

• THE BACHELOR (choreographed by Carol Haney)

• THE POLLY BERGEN SHOW

• POLLY & ME (Polly Bergen Network Television Special with Phil Silvers)

• SUMMER IN NEW YORK (Phil Silver Network Television Special)

• HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (NBC Special)

• POLLY BERGEN TV SPECIAL

• CAROL LAWRENCE TV SPECIAL

• THE ENTERTAINERS (Carol Burnett Series)

• THE GARY MOORE SHOW

• COLOSSEUM SERIES

• BROADWAY OF LERNER & LOWE (with Julie Andrews, Maurice Chevalier, Stanley Holloway and Robert Goulet)

• THAT'S LIFE (Robert Morse Series)

• AMERICA PAUSES

• BELL TELEPHONE SHOW

• THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW

• THE ANDY WILLIAMS SHOW

• THE RED SKELTON SHOW

• THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW

• HOLLYWOOD PALACE

• ANN MARGRET SPECIAL

• BOBBY VAN - ELAINE JOYCE SPECIAL

• MAUDE

• THE SHAPE OF THINGS

• THE V.D. BLUES (WNET, Public Television)

Other

• MOVIES

• RECESS - Produced by William Barnes.  Winner of the Golden Phoenix Award for composer, orchestrator and conductor.  Premiered at the Atlanta Film Festival.

• THE SLAMS - Featuring Jim Brown

• ELIZA - WNET Public Television

• THE GIRL WITH THE PREFABRICATED HEART

• POPULAR SONGS

• TEN GOOD YEARS - with Marton Chamin, recorded by Nancy Wilson

• SLIP OF THE LIP - with Mercer Ellington, recorded by the Duke Ellington Orchestra

• DREAM OF LIFE - with Carmen McRae, recorded by Billie Holiday

• DON'T MESS WITH TESS - with Charles Burr, recorded by Teresa Brewer

• FRANKIE AND THE JOHNNY TWIST - with Charles Burr, recorded by Teresa Brewer.

• HEY CHERIE - recorded by the Duke Ellington Orchestra

• WELL, WELL - recorded by the Luther Henderson Orchestra ("Halfway to Dawn," MGM Records)

• SOLITAIRE - with Charles Burr, recorded by Eileen Farrell

• SPECIAL APPEARANCES

• IN TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING - Composer/Arranger;


The Canadian Brass at the Kennedy Center 2/26/95

• THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC - Conductor/Arranger;


HARLEM/A TONE PARALLEL and QUENNIE PIE 12/3-4/93

• HAMBURG JAZZ FESTIVAL - Arranger/Pianist;


The Canadian Brass, Hamburg, Germany 1/12-13/96

• SALUTE TO HAROLD ARLEN - Conductor

• SALUTE TO ASCAP - Conductor

• SALUTE TO HAROLD ARLEN - Starring EILLEN FARRELL - Arranger/Conductor

• NIGHT CLUB ACTS

Chris and Peter Allen  Polly Bergen  Teresa Brewer  Diahann Carroll  Phyllis Diller  Nancy Dussault  Cass Elliott  Anita Ellis  Leslie Gore  Robert Goulet  Tammy Grimes  Carol Haney  Goldie Hawn

Florence Henderson  Lena Horne  Eartha Kitt  Carol Lawrence  Liza Minelli  Jane Morgan  Juliet Prowse  Dinah Shore  Alexis Smith  Leslie Uggams  Bobby Van  Shani Wallace  Nancy Wilson

• INDUSTRIAL SHOWS

• 30 Oldsmobile Shows (Annual)

• OTHER

• Staff Orchestrator - U.S. Navy School of Music, Washington, D.C. 1944-46

• Naval Band Arranger - U.S. Navy, Great Lakes Station, Great Lakes, Illinois

Luther Henderson Links

> Tribute

> Career Synopsis

> Listing of Works

> Recordings

> Archived Brass Story

> Link to IAJE Profile