Panama; High Society Rag

Description:

Kid Rena's Delta Jazz Band. side 1: Panama; side 2: High Society Rag (Circle J-1037), from the album, Kid Rena's Delta Jazzband (Circle S-10).
78 rpm. These recordings were made at the Hotel Roosevelt and recorded by local radio station WWL on August 21, 1940.

Album design and typography was by Jimmy Ernst (born Hans-Ulrich Ernst, 1920-1984), a German-born American painter.

Recording Date: 1940

Recording Artist: Kid Rena's Delta Jazz BandManufacturer: Circle

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York

See more items in: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment, Popular Entertainment, Music & Musical Instruments, Family & Social Life, Jazz, Sound Recordings

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Related Publication: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 2

Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0670.468Maker Number: J-1037S-10Accession Number: 1978.0670Catalog Number: 1978.0670.468

Object Name: sound recording

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)shellac (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-db8b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_676232

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