Object Details
recording artist
Basie, Count
manufacturer
Clef
Description (Brief)
Count Basie. Count Basie Dance Session (Clef MG C-626).
33-1/3 rpm.
The cover art for this album was by David Stone Martin (born David Livingstone Martin, 1913-1992). Martin was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz album covers for labels including Mercury, Asch, Clef, Disc, and Dial. Many of his commissions were from Martin’s longtime friend, American jazz record producer and concert promoter Norman Granz (1918-2001).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
recording date
1953
ID Number
1978.0670.746
maker number
MG C-626
accession number
1978.0670
catalog number
1978.0670.746
Object Name
sound recording
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
vinyl (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
place made
United States
Related Publication
Jazz Records 1942-1965, Vol. 1: A - Bl
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_669614