Photo Record
Images
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
2006.1.0380-2006.1.0466 |
Title |
Jack Bradley Collection: Photographs, Box 5 "Louis Armstrong in Performance." |
Object Type |
Print, Photographic |
Year Range to |
1965 |
Year Range from |
1935 |
Description |
This box contains 86 prints of Louis Armstrong in performance between 1935 and 1965. Images include: Louis leading his big band at the Paramount Theatre in 1936; Louis with guitarist Lawrence Lucie in the background; the entire Luis Russell big band including Louis, Henry "Red" Allen and Sid Catlett; various shots of Louis playing with his big band; Louis with a blackface comedian; Louis playing while wearing a Brooklyn College sweatshirt; Charles Peterson photos of Louis at a 1942 jam session with Zutty Singleton and Bobby Hackett; Louis and His All Stars with Jack Teagarden and Earl Hines and emcee Gene Williams; Louis singing with Jack Teagarden with Sid Catlett in the background; Louis with Jack Teagarden and Barney Bigard; the All Stars at Canobie Lake Park circa 1953; Louis with Milt Hinton; Louis with Edmond Hall; Louis wearing a hat playing a stage show at the Roxy with the All Stars; Louis and Jack Lesberg; the All Stars at the Cadet Armory in Boston, July 3, 1956; Louis with Barrett Deems; the All Stars playing in the Senate Chambers of the State Capitol in Boston, Massachusetts on January 16, 1958 with Senator John A. Powers, Vernon Black, Doc Pugh and the All Stars (Barrett Deems, Edmond Hall, Billy Kyle, Velma Middleton, Mort Herbert and Trummy Young); Bill Spilka photos of Louis at the Newport Jazz Festival in the late 1950s; Louis with Trummy Young, Peanuts Hucko and Mort Herbert; Louis looking introspective offstage; Louis, Trummy Young and Barney Bigard and the 1960 and 1961 Newport Jazz Festivals; multiple shots of Louis singing with Trummy Young with Danny Barcelona in the background; Louis and the All Stars at Freedomland in the Bronx in September 1964 "Big Chief" Russell Moore, Jewel Brown , Arvell Shaw and Eddie Shu are pictured); Louis at the 1964 Newport Jazz Festival. (Photos on left constitute a representative sampling of images in this box.) |
Collection |
Jack Bradley Collection |
Search Terms |
Jack Bradley Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Performances Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities Brooklyn College Cadet Armory Canobie Lake Park Empress Hall Freedomland Louis Armstrong and His All Stars Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra Newport Jazz Festival Paramount Theatre |
People |
Allen, Henry Barcelona, Danny Bigard, Barney Black, Vernon Brown, Jewel Catlett, Sid Deems, Barrett Hackett, Bobby Hall, Edmond Herbert, Mort Hines, Earl Hinton, Milt Hucko, Peanuts Kyle, Billy Lesberg, Jack Lucie, Lawrence Middleton, Velma Moore, "Big Chief" Russell Peterson, Charles Powers, John A. Pugh, Hazes "Doc" Russell, Luis Shu, Eddie Singleton, Zutty Spilka, Bill |
Classification |
Jack Bradley Collection -- Photographs Photographs -- Performances Photographs -- Armstrong with Musicians and Celebrities |
Accession number |
2006.1 |