Teenie Harris Archives

[medjuck]

Check this out

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/info.asp

Starting about photo 1100 there's a bunch of Billy Eckstine's band from '44 (with Bird and Dizzy) as well as photos of Mary-Lou Williams. Apparently there are also photos of Duke and Billy Strayhorn but I haven't come across them yet. Some of you guys could probably help the archive identify musicians. Just check the "comments" box.

This is would be a wonderful site even without the jazz connection. If you're from Pittsburg this should make you proud.

[Cornelius]

Teenie Harris was a great photographer. Some of his best is right up there with Weegee. It's good that there's a web site for him, but the small digital renderings there don't even hint at how beautiful his pictures are.

I highly recommend the published book of his photos for anyone interested in this kind of photography.

Edited December 25, 2004 by Cornelius

[brownie]

Simply amazing! What a treasure trove!

On that 1100 series, there's also images of Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson, the full Count Basie band with Jimmy Rushing and Don Byas, Nat King Cole, Erroll Garner, Ray Charles with the Raelets and many more.

There's also the 1944 Earl Hines band with Billy Eckstine and Budd Johnson (1457) but no Bird...

Many thanks for posting this, Medjuck!

[brownie]

Took a quick look at the site.

Among the gems I noticed:

Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan with what looks like the first Eckstine big band with Lucky Thompson, Howard McGhee, George Duvivier or Tommy Potter(?), among others

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/form.asp?img=1094

Count Basie and Stan Getz:

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/form.asp?img=1141

Art Blakey and Horace Silver (Hank Mobley behind Silver) holding copies of their just released BN albums at a radio show:

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/form.asp?img=1230

Rahsaan in an early appearance:

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/form.asp?img=1453

Oliver Nelson! But what's he holding?

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/form.asp?img=1473

There are plenty of great images of the Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Count Basie bands, etc.

Edited December 25, 2004 by brownie

[Alon Marcus]

Wonderful pictures, thank you!

[brownie]

Where's the sound for that one???

http://www.cmoa.org/teenie/form.asp?img=1090#void

Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker playing for Maestro Billy Eckstine

[Michael Fitzgerald]

Oliver Nelson is holding a "Russian bassoon" which is NOT a bassoon (nor is it Russian), it's actually a kind of bass horn. It's a relative of the musical instrument known as the serpent.

http://www.yale.edu/musicalinstruments/april-2004.html

http://www.usd.edu/smm/GiftShop/Postcards4...ianBassoon.html

That's WHAT. Don't ask me WHY.

Mike