Sweet Georgia Brown; High On an Open Mike
Object Details
- Description
various artists. side 1: Sweet Georgia Brown [part 2]; side 2: High On an Open Mike [part 2] (Vox 16103), from the album, WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session, Vol. 2 (Vox VSP 310).
78 rpmWNEW (AM 1130) was a New York based radio station. This recording features jazz radio broadcasts from the station, recorded in 1947.
This album features artwork by American painter, printmaker, and teacher, Daniel (Dan) Shapiro (1920-1982). He created the artwork for several albums including recordings by Louis Armstrong, Alex Wilder, Charlie Christian, Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, and Richard Dyer Bennett. Shapiro’s works were first exhibited at the Cooper Union Art School in 1940 and 1941. He had much success with his solo shows in the 1960s at the University of California at San Francisco, Cellini Gallery, San Francisco Museum of Art, and Rice University in Houston.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- recording date
- 1947
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.686
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 16103
- VSP 310
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.686
- recording artist
- Ventura, Charlie
- Rich, Buddy
- Navarro, Fats
- Burns, Ralph
- Valente, Al
- Eager, Allen
- Harris, Bill
- Jackson, Chubby
- manufacturer
- Vox
- Object Name
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Related Publication
- Jazz Records 1942-1962, Vol. 7: S - Te
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- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Jazz
- Sound Recordings
- Record ID
- nmah_668486
