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Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett playing drums

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Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett looking up and to the side while playing drums. Catlett is wearing a striped t-shirt and suspenders.

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Sidney Catlett, Esquire's All-American Drummer

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Publicity photo of Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett wearing a suit and playing drums on stage. Catlett is looking forward while tossing one drum stick in the...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection

Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey

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Sonny Greer, Sidney "Big Sid" Catlett, Willie Smith, and Albert Casey, all recording artists for Capitol Records, standing around a drum set in Los...

Date Published
1941
1945
Member of
Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection
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  • Catlett, Sid, 1910-1951

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  • Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection (3)

Types

  • photographs (3)

Genres

  • Black & white photographs (3)
  • Gelatin silver prints (3)
  • Portrait photographs (2)
  • Snapshots (2)
  • Group portraits (1)
  • Publicity photographs (1)

Time Periods

  • 1941-1950 (3)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (3)
  • Drummers (Musicians) (2)
  • African American men (1)
  • Drum set (1)
  • Jazz musicians (1)

Subjects, People

  • Casey, Al (1)
  • Greer, Sonny (1)
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967 (1)
  • (-) Catlett, Sid, 1910-1951 (3)

Date Published

  • 1945 (3)
  • (-) 1941 (3)

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