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Schedule for a concert at the Sportpalast Berlin, featuring Roy Eldridge (open access)

Schedule for a concert at the Sportpalast Berlin, featuring Roy Eldridge

Schedule for a concert at the Sportpalast Berlin, featuring Roy Eldridge with the Gerry Mulligan All Stars.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Man About Town] (open access)

[Clipping: Man About Town]

Walter Winchell column announcing Roy Eldridge joining the Count Basie band, in a brief mention in the middle of the second paragraph.
Date: 1966
Creator: Winchell, Walter
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carole Eldridge and H. Rap Brown

Photograph of Carole Eldridge, Roy Eldridge's daughter, with H. Rap Brown (later Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin). They are identified on the back of the photo.
Date: 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carole Eldridge and Otis Williams of the Temptations

Photograph of Carole Eldridge with Otis Williams of the Temptations. They are identified on the back of the photo.
Date: August 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Carole Eldridge with Dennis Edwards of the Temptations

Photograph of Carole Eldridge with Dennis Edwards of the Temptations. The back of the photo identifies them, and gives a location of Washington, DC.
Date: August 1969
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
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 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 France (open access)

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in France

Advertisement for Roy Eldridge performing in France, playing and endorsing the Couesnon "New Star" trumpet, for a radio show called Jazz Variétés at Cinema Grand Rex.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Pamphlet
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

Airplane wing

Three frames of photographs. Two show an airplane wing during flight. The third is unclear.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Art Tatum

Pianist Art Tatum with two other men. The man on the left may be bassist John Simmons.
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

Ben Webster with Roy Eldridge in front of bandstand

Photograph Roy Eldridge in front of a bandstand with saxophonist Ben Webster grabbing his arm. An unidentified trumpeter, drummer, bassist, and pianist are behind them. A sign for 7up soda hangs on the wall behind the band.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History