Category Archives: Jazz & Big Band

Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb Signed Picture & Newspaper

Posted on July 9, 2011 by

Ella Fitzgerald got her start fronting Chick Webb’s band in the 1930s, and here are two collectibles from that time period: an 8×10-inch glossy taken at the Apollo Theatre signed by both Chick and Ella; and a summer 1939 Harlem … Continue reading →

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Ella Fitzgerald & Tony Bennett WIndow Cards from the Sixties

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Two beautiful, vintage concert posters from two of America’s biggest musical national treasures, Ella Fitzgerald and Tony Bennett. The Ella is a stunner from 1961, right in the middle of her Songbook series; and the Bennett comes from the year … Continue reading →

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Billie Holiday Concert Flyer – Jazz & Blues Show Handbill

Posted on April 6, 2011 by

A stellar jazz handbill advertising a Carnegie Hall benefit concert on Thanksgiving weekend 1957 that featured Lady Day herself, Billie Holiday, plus the star-studded line-up of Dizzy Gillespie, Chet Baker, Zoot Sims, Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane and “Introducing… the brilliant … Continue reading →

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Big Band Jazz Window Cards from 1930s & ’40s

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

Four big band concert posters from 1940, original window cards from little-known bandleaders in the Midwest while America raged at war.  These 70-year old placards may not have recognizable musicians, but they strongly evoke an era when swing music was … Continue reading →

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