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Title

  • The jazz scene

Names

  • Granz, Norman, 1918-2001.
  • Mili, Gjon, 1904-
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974. prf
  • Hefti, Neal.
  • Hawkins, Coleman. prf
  • Young, Lester, 1909-1959. prf
  • Burns, Ralph. prf
  • Handy, George. prf
  • Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955. prf
  • Smith, Willie, 1910-1967. prf
  • Machito. prf
  • Powell, Bud. prf

Created / Published

  • [New York] : Mercury, [1949]

Contents

  • Sono ; Frustration / Ellington (features Harry Carney) -- Repetition ; Rhumbacito / Neal Hefti (Charlie Parker featured on Repetition) -- Picasso / Hawkins (features Coleman Hawkins) -- I want to be happy / Youmans, Caesar (features Lester Young, Aye Guy, Buddy Rich) -- Introspection / Ralph Burns (features Bill Harris, Herbie Steward, Sonny Berman) -- The bloos / George Handy (features Bill Harris, Herbie Steward) -- Sophisticated lady / Ellington (features Willie Smith, saxophone) -- The Bird / Parker (features Charlie Parker, Hank Jones, Ray Brown) -- Tanga / Bauza (features Machito, Flip Phillips, Eugene Williams) -- Cherokee / Noble (Bud Powell, piano).

Headings

  • -  Jazz--1941-1950
  • -  Jazz musicians--Portraits

Notes

  • -  Mercury: 2071--2078, 2081, 2172, 2198--2199.
  • -  Produced by Norman Granz.
  • -  Recorded at various studios in New York City and Hollywood.
  • -  All photography, except for two pictures, by Gjon Mili; notes by Norman Granz; original drawing by David Stone Martin.
  • -  Loose-leaf binder (32 x 38 cm.) containing photographs and notes is set in preservation container and housed separately in the Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center.
  • -  This is copy 2,653 of 5,000 limited edition copies produced; autographed by Norman Granz.
  • -  A gift of the Ella Fitzgerald Trust.

Medium

  • 6 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • RDA 15493-15498

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2001657492

Online Format

  • web page

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Chicago citation style:

Granz, Norman, Gjon Mili, Duke Ellington, Neal Hefti, Coleman. Prf Hawkins, Lester Young, Ralph. Prf Burns, et al. The Jazz Scene. [New York: Mercury, 1949] Web Page. https://www.loc.gov/item/2001657492/.

APA citation style:

Granz, N., Mili, G., Ellington, D., Hefti, N., Hawkins, C. P., Young, L. [...] Powell, B. P. (1949) The Jazz Scene. [New York: Mercury] [Web Page] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2001657492/.

MLA citation style:

Granz, Norman, et al. The Jazz Scene. [New York: Mercury, 1949] Web Page. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2001657492/>.