Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Report Posted December 21, 2003 Since there are many interesting jazz-related photos, ads, flyers, etc. hanging on our walls or lying around in cardboard boxes, envelopes, catch-all drawers, photo albums, and books (I have them in all these places), it occurred to me that a thread devoted to sharing such visuals might be interesting. I'll kick the thread off with one from a book--a couple of 1918 sailors: N.O. clarinetist Albert Nicholas and Buddy Bolden's son, Charles. Quote
chuckyd4 Posted December 21, 2003 Report Posted December 21, 2003 Wow Chris - excellent idea for a thread... it could become a real resource. I don't have much in the way of things other people haven't seen, so I'll just look forward to each new installment you have time to post. Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 In the above photo, that's Bolden on the right. And here's Lil Armstrong two years earlier. I think I posted this before, but that it was among the items lost when Organissimo suffered a pre-emptive attack. Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 Louis and trumpeter Homer Hobson stopped in Niagra Falls in 1929 when the band traveled from Chicago to NYC. Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 Here's another one that was lost: The entire cast of the 1928 London production of Show Boat." On the left you will see Alberta Hunter and Paul Robeson. Cedric Harwicke (not yet knighted) is also in the crowd, as is chorus girl Mabel Mercer. It's a very wide photo, so please excuse the relatively small size of the post. Quote
Free For All Posted December 21, 2003 Report Posted December 21, 2003 Wow, Chris, thanks for sharing these photos! Great stuff! Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 Here's a better look at Alberta and Robeson... Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 Here's a dapper Duke in Los Angeles, 1931... Quote
medjuck Posted December 21, 2003 Report Posted December 21, 2003 Chris: This thread is a great Xmas/Chanukka present. Thanks so much. If I had any rare photos I'd post them-- but I don't think I do. Unless you count one of me and Benny Carter) Quote
Harold_Z Posted December 21, 2003 Report Posted December 21, 2003 Great photos Chris ! And a great idea for a thread. Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 Here's an old Ma Rainey handout... Quote
Christiern Posted December 21, 2003 Author Report Posted December 21, 2003 Ads in April 23, 1964 issue of Village Voice. Notice those prices and what you get to hear for a pittance... Quote
chuckyd4 Posted December 22, 2003 Report Posted December 22, 2003 J.J. Johnson and Chico Hamilton for free?!?!?! You should print that out and wave it around at today's club owners in the Village. Though I wonder if that policy has something to do with why I've never heard of the Gold Bug before - couldn't have lasted too long. And come on, Chris... I think we all emceed a Coltrane 4tet gig once or twice in our lives. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted December 22, 2003 Report Posted December 22, 2003 I think I posted this before, but that it was among the items lost when Organissimo suffered a pre-emptive attack. We didn't lose any threads in the attack. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted December 22, 2003 Report Posted December 22, 2003 J.J. Johnson and Chico Hamilton for free?!?!?! You should print that out and wave it around at today's club owners in the Village Not just club owners, how about the "artists"? Quote
Christiern Posted December 22, 2003 Author Report Posted December 22, 2003 I think I posted this before, but that it was among the items lost when Organissimo suffered a pre-emptive attack. We didn't lose any threads in the attack. Glad to hear that. In that case, I'm sorry to have re-posted old material. Quote
Guest ariceffron Posted December 22, 2003 Report Posted December 22, 2003 i saw this old fillmore flyer-- jazz at filmore east-- one day was duke pearsons big band and blakey, the other was coleman hawkins and lee morgan. and later that week was like procol harum and the who. what in the hell was up with the 60s. oh my fucking god. Quote
GregK Posted December 22, 2003 Report Posted December 22, 2003 wow thanks for these photos Mr A!!! Great thread. Have any others featuring your MC gigs?? This is fantastic stuff Quote
Christiern Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Posted December 23, 2003 I came across barely hanging together issues of Down Beat--sneeze and they are gone forever. So I have started scanning them and thought I'd post some. If there looks to be an item that you would like to see enlarged, let me know, and I'll try. This is the top half of the front page, July 15, 1940: Quote
Christiern Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Posted December 23, 2003 This October 15, 1944 cover might please Boswell fan berigan: Quote
Christiern Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Posted December 23, 2003 A nice group photo from the Nov. 15, 1944 issue of down beat Quote
BERIGAN Posted December 23, 2003 Report Posted December 23, 2003 This October 15, 1944 cover might please Boswell fan berigan: Do you know what year she went from Connie, to Connee?? Quote
Bright Moments Posted December 23, 2003 Report Posted December 23, 2003 these photos are great!!! keep 'em coming! Quote
Christiern Posted December 23, 2003 Author Report Posted December 23, 2003 (edited) This October 15, 1944 cover might please Boswell fan berigan: Do you know what year she went from Connie, to Connee?? ...her disability also forced her to change her name from Connie due to slight paralysis in her wrist and hand which made repeatedly dotting the ''i'' in her name while signing autographs painful. Don't know when (yet), but this is one reason given for why. Anyway, back to thread subject...here's a never published photo of Lil Armstrong with first husband, Johnny, in her car 1920. Edited December 27, 2003 by Christiern Quote
Christiern Posted December 28, 2003 Author Report Posted December 28, 2003 Marian Anderson and Alberta Hunter in London, in 1928. The man holding the baby was a correspondent for the Chicago Defender. Quote
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