[Portrait of Roy Eldridge, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946] (LOC)

    Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.

    [Portrait of Roy Eldridge, Spotlite (Club), New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

    1 negative : b&w ; 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.

    Caption from Down Beat: Roy brought his big band to the small Spotlite Club and blasted the happy customers with his fine music. Right now, his band is "on vacation" while Roy is touring with Norman Granz's concert group.

    Notes:
     Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 122
    Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress.
    Purchase William P. Gottlieb
    Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress).
    In: The Record Changer, v. 5, no. 9 (Nov. 46, 1946), p. 13.

    Subjects:
     Eldridge, Roy, 1911-
    Jazz musicians--1940-1950.
    Trumpet players--1940-1950.
    Fifty-second Street (New York, N.Y.)--1940-1950.
    Spotlite (Club)

    Format: Portrait photographs--1940-1950.
    Film negatives--1940-1950.

    Rights Info: Mr. Gottlieb has dedicated these works to the public domain, but rights of privacy and publicity may apply. lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-copyrig...

    Repository: (negative) Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
    (reference print) Library of Congress, Music Division, Washington D.C. 20540 USA, loc.gov/rr/perform/

    Part Of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (DLC) 99-401005

    General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html

    Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/gottlieb.02281

    Call Number: LC-GLB23- 0228

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      maru teru and JaceDundeR added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Leif Bop (28 months ago | reply)

      The bands of Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins played at the Spotlite from about August 1 until September 30, 1946.
      (“Goings on about Town: Three Deuces,” New Yorker, August 3–September 28, 1946).

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