New York City, 2023
Weegee at the Met
Metropolitan Museum, November 2023
Weegee’s [Strike Over Murder of Union Agent], ca. 1940, in the exhibition: “Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s” (September – December, 2023) at the Metropolitan Museum…
“For ‘something bigger than me'”
PM, September 28, 1947, by Jean Evans (photo by John Albert)
“Prepare for Jazz Concert”
Night In Tunisia (Interlude);” Dizzy Gillespie Septet; Dizzy Gillespie; Don Byas; Milt Jackson; Al Haig; Bill de Arango; Ray Brown; J. C. Heard; Gillespie; Paparelli; His Master’s Voice (B.9631); 1947
PM, September 25, 1947
Prepare for Jazz Concert: Dizzy Gillespie… Ella Fitzgerald…
“52nd Street Theme”; Dizzy Gillespie Septet; Dizzy Gillespie; Don Byas; Milt Jackson; Al Haig; Bill de Arango; Ray Brown; J. C. Heard; Monk; His Master’s Voice (B.9631); 1947
“…on Robinson Day”
PM, September 24, 1947 (photo by Morris Gordon)
“Meet Miss Lena Horne”
PM, September 14, 1947 (photo by Morris Gordon)
Meet Miss Lena Horne
“Classics In Blue”; Lena Horne; Phil Moore; Smythe; Heyward; Moore; Gershwin; Handy; Black & White (845A/845B/846B/846A/844A/844B/847A/847B); 1947
“An American’s Photographs in Paris”
PM, September 7, 1947
An American’s Photographs in Paris
…Berenice Abbott…
“Marlon Brando…”
“Herthquake Boogie”; Milt Herth And His Trio; Leon Carr; Milt Herth; Decca (24450 A); Publication date: September 4, 1947
PM, September 4, 1947
Marlon Brando has been signed…
“Twelfth Street Rag”; Milt Herth And His Trio; Euday L. Bowman; Decca (24450 B); Publication date: September 4, 1947
“This Will Be Home to the United Nations”
“Just Rocking”; Big Bill; Broonzy; Columbia (38070); Publication date: September 29, 1947
PM, September 1, 1947
This Will Be Home to the United Nations
“Perdido”; Jazz at the Philharmonic; Norman Granz’ Jazz at the Philharmonic; Juan Tizol; Illinois Jacquet; Flip Phillips; Bill Harris; Howard McGhee; Jo Jones; Ray Brown; Hank Jones; Mercury (11002); Publication date: September 27, 1947
“Holiday Accidents…”
PM, August 31, 1941
Holiday Accidents
took their toll as motorists started on their Labor Day week end… the Motor Vehicle Bureau says about 40 will die before Tuesday in New York State.
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