769 results for: Smith, Albert J., Sr.
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, Seattle, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0179
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band with woman singing, Seattle, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0181
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, Seattle, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0184
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0185
Date:Circa 1952
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Billy Tolles band performing at the Trianon, circa 1952
Saxophonist Billy Tolles (1924-2005) began studying music at age 10 beginning with piano, and later played trumpet in the Garfield High School marching band. In 1941, then a saxophone player, Tolles formed the teenaged swing band Savoy Boys (also known as the Men of Jive) with Sonny Booker and Gerald Brashear. In college, Tolles continued gigging, performing with established jazz…
ID Number:2014.49.002.038.0186
Date:Circa 1952
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Fats Waller at the Moore Theatre, Seattle, July 13, 1941
Jazz pianist Fats Waller played in Seattle only once, on July 13, 1941, at the Moore Theatre. Here, he sings and plays onstage in front of a packed audience. Written on negative page: Fats Waller's
ID Number:2014.49.002.039.0188
Date:1941
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Fats Waller at the Moore Theatre, Seattle, July 13, 1941
Jazz pianist Fats Waller played in Seattle only once, on July 13, 1941, at the Moore Theatre. Here, he sings and plays onstage in front of a packed audience. Written on negative page: Fats Waller's
ID Number:2014.49.002.039.0189
Date:1941
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Fats Waller at the Moore Theatre, Seattle, July 13, 1941
Jazz pianist Fats Waller played in Seattle only once, on July 13, 1941, at the Moore Theatre. Here, he sings and plays onstage in front of a packed audience. Al Smith's camera also picked up a reflection of the stage lights. Written on negative page: Fats Waller's
ID Number:2014.49.002.039.0192
Date:1941
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International Sweethearts of Rhythm female jazz band, Seattle, September 1944
The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, the country's only integrated all-women band, came to Seattle in September 1944. This photo shows the tombone section during a performance at the Black and Tan nightclub. Their music stands are decorated with flowers and hearts.
ID Number:2014.49.002.028.0104
Date:1944
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Group at Roslyn Black Pioneers picnic, 1983
Roslyn is a town in the Cascade Mountains about 80 miles southeast of Seattle. It was founded in 1886 by a subsidiary of the Northern Pacific Railroad as a coal mining town. In 1888 the miners went on strike and the company responded by bringing in strikebreakers, including about 300 Black miners, most of whom did not know they were…
ID Number:2014.49.02.100.13
Date:1983