“Prepare for Jazz Concert”

September 25, 2023
1947, context, PM


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

“Marlon Brando…”

September 4, 2023
1947, context, PM


“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”

September 1, 2023
1947, context, PM


“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…”

August 31, 2023
1941, PM


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.

“Weegee has a Salon”

August 27, 2023
1941, Photo League, PM


“Don’t Leave Now”; Ink Spots; “Slim” West; Jimmie Davis; Decca (25378 B); Publication date: August 27, 1941


PM, August 27, 1941, p. 1

“Storm Ties Up Subways…5 Pages
This inferno-like scene is one of the results of tortential rains that wept New York, causing the worst subway tie-up in history. A lightning bolt hit a gas main in a subway excavation, dropped an auto into the resulting cave-in, stated a three-alarm fire… (PM Photo by Irving Haberman)”


“The Weather Bureau also termed 2.13 inches of rain in that brief spectacular on and one-half hours “extensive precipitation.”” p. 15


PM, August 27, 1941, pp. 15-18 (Photos by Irving Haberman and Gene Badger)


PM, August 27, 1941, pp. 14-15


PM, August 27, 1941, p. 14

“Weegee Has a Salon: Arthur Fellig, the night-prowling cameraman who turns in many of PM’s choicest pictures of fires, wrecks, rescues and crimes, is having a one-man show of his own at the Photo League, 31 E. 21st St. The exhibit will run through Sept. 6.”


“Ring Telephone Ring” Ink Spots; Buck Ram; Peter Tinturin; Decca (25378 A); Publication date: August 27, 1941