This award was presented to Benny Carter from Esquire magazine in 1946. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Esquire's ALL AMERICAN BAND ALTO SAXOPHONE - GOLD AWARD AWARDED TO BENNY CARTER 1946
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
Benny Carter, born in New York City in 1907, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader who made a significant contribution to jazz throughout his seventy year career. He has received two Grammy Awards, and in 1986 was granted the NEA Jazz Masters award by The National Endowment for the Arts. Carter died in 2003 at the age of 95.
This award was presented by Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee to American jazz trumpeter William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson in 1976. It is made of a base of shield-shaped wood with a metal plate attached to the front with screws. The plate is engraved:
LANE COLLEGE BAND DISTINGUISHED MUSICIAN’S AWARD PRESENTED TO CAT ANDERSON FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO JAZZ AND HUMANITY. ALSO, IN APPRECIATION FOR CONDUCTING LANE’S 2nd ANNUAL JAZZ FESTIVAL.
H.D. DIXON, DITECTOR FESTIVAL JAZZ BAND
K.C. SAMPSON DIRECTOR OF BANDS
APRIL 10, 1976
Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee, founded in 1882, is one of the historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States.
This award was presented by NAJE (National Association of Jazz Educators) to American jazz trumpeter William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson in 1974. It is made of wood with a metal plate. The plate is engraved:
This Official NAJD AWARD IS Presented To ”CAT” Anderson for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education at the 2nd NAJE NATIONAL CONVENTION Chicago, Ill., December, 1974 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF JAZZ EDUCATORS
This award was presented by the Jazz Heritage Foundation at the Universiry of California at Los Angeles to American jazz trumpeter William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson in 1979. It has a rectangular wooden base with a metal plate attached to the front with screws. The plate is engraved:
The Jazz Heritage Foundation and the University of California at Los Angeles Center for Afro-American Studies Department of Fine Arts Production Student Committee for the Arts present this award to WILLIAM “CAT” ANDERSON for his outstanding contribution to the music of ELLINGONIA and the world We all thank you. April 27, 1979
This award was presented to Barney Bigard from Esquire magazine in 1947. It features a stylized silver-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a black-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Esquire's All American Band CLARINET SILVER AWARD, awarded to BARNEY BIGARD, 1947
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
This award was presented to Duke Ellington from Esquire magazine in 1947. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Esquire's ALL AMERICAN BAND GOLD AWARD BAND AWARDED TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1947
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
This award was presented to Benny Carter by The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS), in 1994. It is a black lacquered wood base with a gold-tone gramophone on top and engraved metal plate. Jazz musician Benny Carter received this Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo for his recording of "Prelude to a Kiss,” from his album Elegy in Blue. The metal plate is marked:
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF RECORDING ARTS & SCIENCES BENNY CARTER, Soloist BEST JAZZ INSTRUMENTAL SOLO – 1994 "PRELUDE TO A KISS"
Benny Carter, born in New York City in 1907, was an American jazz alto saxophonist, clarinetist, trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader who made a significant contribution to jazz throughout his seventy year career. He has received two Grammy Awards, and in 1986 was granted the NEA Jazz Masters award by The National Endowment for the Arts. Carter died in 2003 at the age of 95.
This award was presented to Duke Ellington from Esquire magazine in 1946. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
EsquirE’s ALL AMERICAN BAND ARRANGER-GOLD AWARD AWARDED TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1946
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
An ad for the Esquire awards appeared in a January 5, 1946 issue of Billboard magazine indicating the list of winners would be in the Esquire February 1946 issue, which sold for 50 cents. Esquire also published a 1946 Jazz book that featured articles, photographs, and biographies of the 1946 winners, which sold for $1.00. Additionally, a concert presented by the winners, and emceed by Orson Welles in New York, would be aired over the entire ABC network.
This award was presented to Barney Bigard from Esquire magazine in 1946. It features a stylized silver-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a black-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Esquire's All American Band CLARINET SILVER AWARD, awarded to BARNEY BIGARD, 1946
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
An ad for the Esquire awards appeared in a January 5, 1946 issue of Billboard magazine indicating the list of winners would be in the Esquire February 1946 issue, which sold for 50 cents. Esquire also published a 1946 Jazz book that featured articles, photographs, and biographies of the 1946 winners, which sold for $1.00. Additionally, a concert presented by the winners, and emceed by Orson Welles in New York, would be aired over the entire ABC network.
This award was presented to Duke Ellington from Esquire magazine in 1946. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Esquire's ALL AMERICAN BAND BAND-GOLD AWARD AWARDED TO DUKE ELLINGTON 1946
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
An ad for the Esquire awards appeared in a January 5, 1946 issue of Billboard magazine indicating the list of winners would be in the Esquire February 1946 issue, which sold for 50 cents. Esquire also published a 1946 Jazz book that featured articles, photographs, and biographies of the 1946 winners, which sold for $1.00. Additionally, a concert presented by the winners, and emceed by Orson Welles in New York, would be aired over the entire ABC network.
This award was presented to Duke Ellington from Esquire magazine in 1945. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is engraved:
Awarded To Duke Ellington Band-Gold Award Esquire's All-American Band 1945
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was based on a drawing by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
This award was presented to Duke Ellington from Esquire magazine in 1945. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Awarded to Duke Ellington Arranger-Gold Award Esquire All-American Band 1945
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot was created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
This award was presented to Willie Smith from Esquire magazine in 1944. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
AWARDED TO Willie Smith ARMED FORCES FAVORITE ALTO SAXOPHONE - 2ND TEAM ESQUIRE'S ALL-AMERICAN BAND 1944
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
This award was presented to Willie Smith from Esquire magazine in 1945. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Awarded to Willie Smith Alto Saxophone Armed Forces Silver Award Esquire's All-American Band 1945
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
This award was presented to Willie Smith from Esquire magazine in 1947. It features a stylized gold-tone statue of a man playing a trumpet, Esquire magazine’s pop-eyed mascot “Esky,” on a brown-stained wooden base with an embossed and engraved metal plate. The metal plate is marked:
Esquire's ALL AMERICAN BAND SILVER AWARD ALTO SAXOPHONE AWARDED TO WILLIE SMITH 1947
Esquire is an American men’s magazine founded in 1933. The magazine featured its first jazz awards, All-American Jazz All Stars and All-American Jazz Band, chosen by Esquire’s board of leading jazz artists, critics, and writers, in 1944. The inaugural winners included Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard, Coleman Hawkins, Art Tatum, Al Casey, Oscar Pettiford, and Sidney Catlett.
The “Esky” mascot created by African American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971).
