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Count Basie with Harry Sweets Edison

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Count Basie and Harry "Sweets" Edison performing on stage at the Apollo Theater.

Member of
Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection

Postcard featuring Count Basie

Image

Count Basie postcard; Basie is photographed face on in a spotlight and he is casting a large shadow on the wall behind him.

Date Published
1931
1940
Member of
Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection
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  • African American band directors
  • 1931-1940

Member of

  • Jimmy & Jeannie Cheatham Collection (1)
  • Wilbur "Buck" Clayton Collection (1)

Types

  • photographs (2)

Genres

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

Time Periods

  • (-) 1931-1940 (2)

Subjects

  • African American jazz musicians (2)
  • Band directors (2)
  • Jazz musicians (2)
  • Postcards (1)
  • Trumpet players (1)
  • (-) African American band directors (2)

Subjects, People

  • Basie, Count, 1904-1984 (2)
  • Edison, Harry, 1915-1999 (1)

Date Published

  • 1931 (1)
  • 1940 (1)

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