Chick Webb, Artie Shaw, and Duke Ellington [photoprint]

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Object Details

Names

Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised (Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005).

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004

Webb, Chick, 1909-1939

Collection Creator

Armstrong, Lucille

Bechet, Sidney, 1897-1959

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971

Condon, Eddie, 1905-1973

Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994

Commodore Records.

Feather, Leonard, 1914-1994

Gabler, Milt

Davis, Sammy, 1925-

Decca (recording company).

Granz, Norman

Hawkins, Coleman

Kaempfert, Bert, 1923-1980

Ives, Burl, 1909-

Holiday, Billie, 1915-1959

Norvo, Red, 1908-1999

Mills Brothers.

Krupa, Gene, 1909-1973

Kelly, Peck, 1898-

Williams, Cootie, 1911-1985

United Hot Clubs of America.

Stewart, Rex (William), Jr., 1907-1967 (cornetist)

Jordan, Louis, 1908-1975

Goodman, Benny (Benjamin David), 1909-1986

Collection Citation

Milt Gabler Papers, 1927-2001, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Scope and Contents

Photograph of 1937 jam session for Milt Gabler's Commodore Records, Brunswick Recording Studio, New York, New York. Photographer unidentified.

sova.nmah.ac.0849_ref2240

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e9b4f69b-0fd5-4f2a-a223-526147675ce9

Local Numbers

AC0849.0000001.tif (AC Scan, Front)

Exhibitions Note

Shown in exhibition "Jazz Photographs: Composed and Improvised," Archives Center display cases, National Museum of American History, March 28-May 10, 2005.

Topic

African American composers

Jazz musicians

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Milt Gabler Papers

Milt Gabler Papers / 26: Photographs / 26.3: Jam Sessions and Performances / Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, Alexander King, Billy Kyle, Timmie Rosencrantz, Artie Shaw, Chick Webb, [Dickie Wells?], Brunswick Studios

Extent

1 Photograph (Silver gelatin on paper, 8" x 9-15/16")

Date

1937

Archival Repository

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Collection Rights

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Genre/Form

Photographs -- 1930-1940 -- Black-and-white photoprints -- Silver gelatin

Collection Restrictions

The collection is open for research use. Some materials restricted; but most are available for unrestricted research access on site by appointment. Several items of personal correspondence contained private medical information about living individuals. The originals were removed and will remain sealed until 2030. Copies with the sensitive information redacted are available for research use in the collection. Access to audio recordings for which no reference copy exists requires special arrangements with Archives Center staff. Please ask the reference archivist for additional information.

NMAH.AC.0849_ref2240

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8e9b4f69b-0fd5-4f2a-a223-526147675ce9

NMAH.AC.0849

ACAH

Record ID

ebl-1562730570388-1562730570728-2

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