DescriptionThis scrapbook contains clippings, photographs, awards, correspondence, and ephemera (including full programs) related to Count Basie and the Count Basie Orchestra, a complete copy of the July 1946...
Date Created1944-1979
Subject(s)Jazz--History and criticism, Big bands, African American musicians, Awards, Jazz--Periodicals, Basie, Count, 1904-1984, Basie, Catherine, Count Basie Orchestra
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone) and his Orchestra perform "Blue Evening" with vocals by Dell St. John at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast...
DescriptionBenny Carter (trumpet, arranger, composer) and his Orchestra perform "A Home in the Clouds" at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Dell St. John is the vocalist. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive...
DescriptionBenny Carter and his Orchestra perform "Bye Bye Blues" and "Scandal in A Flat" (Part 1) at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast aircheck...
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone and trumpet) and his Orchestra perform "Scandal in A Flat" (Part 2) and "I'm in the Mood for Swing" at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc...
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone) and his Orchestra perform "Melancholy Lullaby" (opening & closing themes) at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio...
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone, trumpet, clarinet) and his Orchestra perform "Honeysuckle Rose" at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast aircheck...
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone) and his Orchestra perform "Lady Be Good" at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast aircheck (W2XE). Carter...
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone) and his Orchestra perform "Plymouth Rock" at the Savoy Ballroom in New York. Both sides of the lacquer disc derive from a radio broadcast aircheck (W2XE).
DescriptionBenny Carter (alto saxophone) and the Nat King Cole Trio perform "Cocktails for Two" in Los Angeles, possibly at the Bocage Hotel. Carter and Cole give an introduction at the beginning of the...
