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Subject of:
Norman Granz, 1918 - 2001  Search this
Duke Ellington, American, 1899 - 1974  Search this
Ella Fitzgerald, American, 1917 - 1996  Search this
Signed by:
Lawrence Brown, American, 1907 - 1988  Search this
Paul Gonsalves, American, 1920 - 1974  Search this
Herbie Jones, American, 1926 - 2001  Search this
Mercer Ellington, American, 1919 - 1996  Search this
William Alonzo Anderson, American, 1916 - 1981  Search this
Louis Hayes, American, born 1937  Search this
Oscar Peterson, Canadian, 1925 - 2007  Search this
Clark Terry, American, born 1920  Search this
John Haley Sims, American, 1925 - 1985  Search this
Sam Woodyard, American, 1925 - 1988  Search this
Sam Jones, American, 1924 - 1981  Search this
Louis Hayes, American, born 1937  Search this
Coleman Hawkins, American, 1904 - 1969  Search this
Bob Cranshaw, American, born 1932  Search this
Jimmy Jones, American, 1918 - 1982  Search this
Benny Carter, American, 1907 - 2003  Search this
Medium:
ink on paper, cardboard, metal
Dimensions:
closed: 14 × 11 1/8 × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 28.3 × 0.3 cm)
open: 14 × 22 1/4 × 1/8 in. (35.6 × 56.5 × 0.3 cm)
Type:
programs
Place used:
United States, North and Central America
Date:
1967
Description:
A paperback program for Jazz at the Philharmonic. Front cover is an abstract depiction of a figure in red playing a trumpet, with [NORMAN GRANZ'] coming out of the bell of the trumpet, with an abstract depiction of a building in green in the background, with [JAZZ / AT THE / PHILHARMONIC] in black aligned to the right at the center. There is an oval orange sticker reading [DO NOT REMOVE / FROM THIS / WAITING ROOM] in black type in the bottom right corner of the front cover. Twelve (12) interior pages, off-white or various colors, with black type, with black-and-white images and depictions throughout. Interior pages have images and articles about Ella Fitzergerald, Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, Zoot Sims, and Norman Granz. It also includes images, many of them autographed, of Lawrence Brown, Paul Gonsalves, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington, Cat Anderson, Louis Hayes, Sam Jones, Sam Woodyard, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Jones; and signatures of Lawrence Brown, Paul Gonsalves, Herbie Jones, Mercer Ellington, Cat Anderson, Louis Hayes, Oscar Peterson, Sam Jones, Coleman Hawkins, Sam Woodyard, Bob Cranshaw, Jimmy Jones, Benny Carter, Clark Terry, and Zoot Sims. Back cover is blank.
Topic:
African American  Search this
Composers (Musicians)  Search this
Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this
Jazz (Music)  Search this
Singers (Musicians)  Search this
Credit Line:
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
Object number:
2014.3.18
Restrictions & Rights:
Unknown - Restrictions Possible
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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
Classification:
Memorabilia and Ephemera
Data Source:
National Museum of African American History and Culture
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57243dd95-0260-480f-b889-51b67f8abc67
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.3.18