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The sound of Harlem

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Names
Smith, Mamie (Performer)
Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983 (Performer)
Saunders, Gertrude (Performer)
Brymn, J. Tim, 1881-1946 (Performer)
Johnson, James P. (James Price), 1894-1955 (Performer)
Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981 (Performer)
Dunn, Johnny, 1897-1937 (Performer)
Fowler, Lemuel (Performer)
Morris, Thomas, 1898- (Performer)
Moore, Monette (Performer)
Williams, Fess, 1894-1975 (Performer)
Williams, Te Roy (Performer)
Henderson, Fletcher, 1897-1952 (Performer)
Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 (Performer)
Tibbs, Leroy (Performer)
Hoefer, George (Author)
Glaser, Milton (Cover designer)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1964
Place: New York
Publisher: Columbia
Date Captured: 1920-08-10 - 1942-04-01
Library locations
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
Shelf locator: Sc RE-8245
Topics
Jazz -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
Blues (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York (N.Y.)
African Americans -- Music
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Books
Music
Notes
Content: The booklet accompanying the audio discs chronicles the years 1920-1940 of the music and jazz clubs of Harlem that are featured in the audio recordings. The text by George Hoefer provides a detailed and compelling history of the musicians featured and the clubs in which they perfomed, as well as an extensive discography.
Performers: Various jazz and blues ensembles.
Biographical/historical: Recorded between 1920-1942.
Content: Forms part of the Schomburg Center LP record collection (Jazz odyssey, v. 3 indexed in Sc RE-Compilations)
Physical Description
Extent: 3 audio discs (144 min.) : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono ; 12 in. +1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm).
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Text
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 8070040
Sound recording issue number: C3L 33 Columbia
Sound recording issue number: CL 2160 Columbia
Sound recording issue number: CL 2161 Columbia
Sound recording issue number: CL 2162 Columbia
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23064333
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ab05b630-3626-013c-1de6-0242ac110002
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