Hot Club de Buenos Aires Plaque
Hot Club de Buenos Aires Plaque
- Description
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This is a rectangular shaped plaque with rounded corners, made of metal, with a mirror finish front with black text, a gold and black stylized trumpet, in a black and gold plastic frame, with a metal hanger on the back. The plaque was previously owned by jazz musician Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham. The plaque is printed:
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HOT CLUB
[image of a trumpet]
de Buenos Aires -
Adolphus Anthony “Doc” Cheatham (1905-1997), first learned to play saxophone as well as trumpet. Early in his career, Cheatham performed with the African American Vaudeville theater in Nashville. Around 1924, Cheatham moved to Chicago where he heard trumpeters King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, both would have a lifelong influence on Cheatham’s playing.
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Cheatham performed with several jazz musicians including Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, and Benny Goodman throughout the 1930s to the 1960s. In the 1970s, Cheatham worked to improve his playing by recording and listening to himself. After the age of 70, Cheatham’s self-assessment work would result in him receiving his best acclamations and critical reviews.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- plaque
- user
- Cheatham, Doc
- place made
- Argentina
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 3/4 in x 8 1/8 in x 3/8 in; 14.605 cm x 20.6375 cm x.9525 cm
- ID Number
- 2002.0218.06
- accession number
- 2002.0218
- catalog number
- 2002.0218.06
- Credit Line
- Gift of Amanda N. Cheatham
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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