Harry James' reenactment

Details

Publicity photo of Harry James performing a trumpet solo in a reenactment of the Benny Goodman Orchestra's 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert for the film "The Benny Goodman Story"; Buck Clayton is seated next to James in the band.

Date Published

1955

Publisher

Universal-International Pictures

Subjects

African American jazz musicians

Jazz musicians, White

Notes

1955

Typewritten note attached to verso: 1803-98 The Benny Goodman Story Universal-International; Harry James re-creates his famous trumpet solo on Shine, a musical highlight of the re-enactment of Benny Goodman's great Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert of 1938 for the Benny Goodman Story. A Technicolor screen biography of the man who made America's most exciting music, the Universal-International film co-stars Steve Allen in the title role and Donna Reed as his wife; text printed on photo border: Printed in U.S.A c. 1955, Universal Pictures Company Inc. Permission granted for newspaper and magazine reproduction, Any other use, including television, prohibited.

Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.

Extent Of Original

1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 26 cm

Member of

Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Source File

umkc_lsc_clayton_photo-0601.tif

Genres

Gelatin silver prints

Black & white photographs

Group portraits

Publicity photographs

Types

photographs

Physical Location

LaBudde Special Collections

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