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Advertisement for jazz artists at Blues Alley (open access)

Advertisement for jazz artists at Blues Alley

Advertisement for jazz artists at Blues Alley in Georgetown, Washington, DC, including Jimmy Rushing, Marian McPartland, Maxine Waters, Kathy Preston and Urbie Green, Teddy Wilson, and Roy Eldridge. An address for John Lewis (presumably the pianist for the Modern Jazz Quartet) is on the back of the page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins at Connolly's Star Dust Room (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins at Connolly's Star Dust Room

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins at Connolly's Star Dust Room in Boston, in early January, 1961.
Date: 196X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge and his Orchestra at the Brant Inn, Burlington, Ontario, Canada (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge and his Orchestra at the Brant Inn, Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge and his Orchestra at the Brant Inn, Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The text notes he had previously been with Gene Krupa's band for 3 years.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge appearing at a benefit concert (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge appearing at a benefit concert

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge appearing at a benefit concert at Town Hall in New York City, to benefit the Sickle Cell Disease Foundation of Greater New York, on November 30, 1972.
Date: November 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's club in New York City

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's club in New York City, on 154 West 54th street.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland, New York (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland, New York

Advertisement for Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland (Oldest Jazz Club in New York) with information about the location and biographical text abuot the musicians in the band.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's, New York City (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's, New York City

Advertisement for Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland (Oldest Jazz Club in New York) with information about the location and biographical text abuot the musicians in the band.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's, New York City (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's, New York City

Advertisement for Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland (Oldest Jazz Club in New York) with information about the location and biographical text abuot the musicians in the band. Two requested tunes appear to be written on the back.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's, New York City (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at Jimmy Ryan's, New York City

Advertisement for Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland (Oldest Jazz Club in New York) with information about the location and biographical text abuot the musicians in the band.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jimmy Ryan's Dixieland
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at the Apollo Theater in Harlem (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at the Apollo Theater in Harlem

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, along with movie showings and many other featured live performances, including by Ella Fitzgerald, Earl Bostic, and Gene Ammons.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in Chartres, France (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in Chartres, France

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in Chartres, France on November, 18, 1950, for an anti-tuberculosis benefit.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for Roy Eldridge's album "The Nifty Cat" (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge's album "The Nifty Cat"

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge's album "The Nifty Cat," with a note that he was performing at Jimmy Ryan's, on 154 West 54th St. Handwriting on the back notes the receipt of the album in February of 1972.
Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advertisement for the First All-Pittsburgh Talent Jazz Concert at the Fourth Annual Black Solidarity Fair, May 6, 1975 (open access)

Advertisement for the First All-Pittsburgh Talent Jazz Concert at the Fourth Annual Black Solidarity Fair, May 6, 1975

Advertisement for the First All-Pittsburgh Talent Jazz Concert at the Fourth Annual Black Solidarity Fair, May 6, 1975, including Roy Eldridge. The reverse side details sponsorship by the Heinz company.
Date: 1975
Creator: {{{name}}}
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Air India jet on tarmac

Photograph of an Air India jet on an airport tarmac, possibly a Boeing 707. The top of a car is in the foreground.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Autographed photo of Roy Eldridge

Photograph of Roy Eldridge, depicted playing the trumpet and wearing a beret. The photo is inscribed "To my good friend Frank Holstein," with the correct spelling of the surname, Holzfeind, on the back of the photo.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Autographed photo of two women doing acrobatics

Autographed photo of two women doing acrobatics. Much of the inscription is unfortunately obscured by water damage, but the back of the photo indicates it may have been taken in Bratislava, in present-day Slovakia.
Date: 196X-08-23
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Band gigs - 1973 (open access)

Band gigs - 1973

Page of performances with lists of musicians and compensation during 1973.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

Band photo

Photograph of band members, standing outdoors, in matching white shirts and ties. Eddie Barefield is second from left.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Ben Webster and unidentified man

Photograph of an unidentified man and saxophonist Ben Webster, standing outdoors next to a car with an open trunk. Webster may be holding a fishing rod.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Benny Goodman and his Orchestra with Roy Eldridge, presented by the Hot Club of Belgium

Advertisement for an appearance by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, featuring Roy Eldridge, presented by the Hot Club of Belgium.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Postcard
System: The Portal to Texas History
Berliner Jazztage: itinerary for 1965 tour (open access)

Berliner Jazztage: itinerary for 1965 tour

Itinerary for multiple performers in the 1965 Berliner Jazztage tour, including dates in Düsseldorf, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Helsinki.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Berliner Jazztage itinerary, Gerry Mulligan All Stars 1965 (open access)

Berliner Jazztage itinerary, Gerry Mulligan All Stars 1965

Itinerary for the Gerry Mulligan All Stars on tour for Berliner Jazztage in Stockholm, Paris, Hamburg, and Brussels, November 2-5, 1965.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

"Big Jim, Little Jim, Little Jazz"

Photograph of Roy Eldridge with a young boy at a drum kit, and a man on the left who may be the boy's father. On the back of the photo is the note: "Big Jim, Little Jim, Little Jazz. Revere, Mass. The Happy Falzone Home, January 1948."
Date: January 1948
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Bird on a fence

Photograph of a large bird on a fence or building ledge.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History