Terrence Holder

Terrence Holder (January 17, 1897 Muskogee, Oklahoma – September 1983 Muskogee, Oklahoma) was an American jazz trumpeter and territory band leader.[1] He was also known as "Torrance Holder".[1]

Career

Beginning in the early 1920s, Holder worked with Alphonse Trent in Muskogee, Oklahoma and was a soloist at a Dallas performance in 1925.[1] A year later he started the territory band the Dark Clouds of Joy, which included Don Byas, Andy Kirk, and Claude Williams.[1] When Kirk led the band in 1929, the name was changed to Twelve Clouds of Joy or the Clouds of Joy.[2] During the 1930s Holder worked in Kansas City with Budd Johnson and Buddy Tate.

References
  1. Lambert, Eddie; Kernfeld, Barry. "Holder, Terrence". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-2000205100. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  2. "Dark Clouds of Joy". Grove Music Online. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-2000112100. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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