Lady Be Good
Lady Be Good
- Description
-
various artists. side 1: Lady Be Good [part 2]; side 2: Lady Be Good [part 3] (Asch 453-3), from the album, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Volume. 1 (Asch 453).
78 rpm. -
The cover art for this album was by David Stone Martin (born David Livingstone Martin, 1913-1992). Martin was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz album covers for labels including Mercury, Asch, Clef, Disc, and Dial. Many of his commissions were from Martin’s longtime friend, American jazz record producer and concert promoter Norman Granz (1918-2001).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sound recording
- recording date
- 1944
- recording artist
- Guy, Joe
- McGhee, Howard
- Jacquet, Illinois
- Ventura, Charlie
- Smith, Willie
- Finney, Garland
- Livingston, Ulysses
- Callender, Red
- Krupa, Gene
- manufacturer
- Asch
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.755
- maker number
- 453-3
- 453
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.755
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Sound Recordings
- Jazz
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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