Artist Publicity Photos

Title: Artist Publicity Photos

Abstract: Promotional material was selected for this project from a collection that not only documents the career of this jazz authority and media personality, but also serves as a rich source for the study of broadcast radio and "jazz" in Washington, D.C., during Grant's 48-year career (1945-1993).

: Group portrait of Les Hite and the Cotton Club Orchestra; The Cotton Club Orchestra plays on a stage. Club patrons are visible in the background. Inscribed on bass drum: "OB" Letterpress text beneath image: "LES HITE - COTTON CLUB / ORCHESTRA - HOLLYWOOD / CALIFORNIA", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 b01f043-001master.tif: 23203662 bytes, checksum: 6e2fbf2cba81ee4ddf29cb1b9477ef84 (MD5) b01f043-001display.jpg: 96963 bytes, checksum: f2f4382841341d712df5da7aca1d27fb (MD5) b01f043-001thumb.jpg: 11598 bytes, checksum: 88090aa8748c23b583d7cc50a7d91973 (MD5) manifest.xml: 5339 bytes, checksum: eeecb7faca4313545ec1940c04260e35 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002-10-01, The "OB" on the bass drum may stand for Oscar Bradley. Les Hite's initials ""LH"" are covered by a chair in front of the bass drum. Drummer Oscar Bradley [?], bassist Al Morgan [?], guitarist Frank Pasley [?] and pianist Earl 'Fatha" Hines [?] play on a stage.

: Portrait of Charles Mingus; Quarter-length portrait of Charles Mingus playing the double bass. Letterpress text beneath image: "CHARLES MINGUS - (212) 736-4749", Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 b01f071-001display.jpg: 11358 bytes, checksum: eb0eb8af94a8c126a2c2ebf183f89e7f (MD5) b01f071-001master.tif: 23227316 bytes, checksum: 12752c5457916157d99d631591bea5ac (MD5) b01f071-001thumb.jpg: 7935 bytes, checksum: e6fea400db6023fd9ba8268ca39ec98e (MD5) manifest.xml: 5309 bytes, checksum: a45d698b58c5f69a5839e938ea2a58f4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002-10-01

: Portrait of Charles Mingus; Half-length portrait of Charles Mingus playing the double bass with cigar in his mouth., Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-09T17:38:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 4 b01f070-001display.jpg: 11358 bytes, checksum: 6bafb32ba9aaaa1b6eea303b5ebdd91b (MD5) b01f070-001master.tif: 22508328 bytes, checksum: 5ceb169d0c25903db184ca9a64e53f76 (MD5) b01f070-001thumb.jpg: 9370 bytes, checksum: 0a7e6e10788e7ba7a8bdf8d05a1809c2 (MD5) manifest.xml: 5309 bytes, checksum: f0d8c7a45dec390b50572fda24b0ce86 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002-10-01