Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

Al Dennie

A Gateway/Oklahoma Eagle archive item identifies Alfred Dennie in Tulsa as a tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and organizer associated with a Tulsa Jazz Celebration and earlier WPA-era music work. The detailed Jazz Depot profile is Hall-affiliated and adds a September 27, 1903 Wellston birth claim and long Tulsa career, but those exact dates are not independently corroborated here.

Oklahoma connection

The newspaper archive independently places Dennie in Tulsa jazz organizing and performance; the detailed dates remain Hall-affiliated claims.

Musical work and relationships

Tenor saxophonist; bandleader; organizer; WPA-era music context; mentor/associate in Tulsa jazz circles.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists Al Dennie as a band leader inducted in 1990.

Evidence and remaining questions

Obtain a contemporaneous obituary or OHS biographical record before publishing exact lifespan.

Sources

  1. gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1806806/m1/1/
  2. jazzdepotlive.com/portfolio/al-dennie-1990/
  3. www.okjazz.org/inductees/

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.