This trumpet was made by Dominic Calicchio in Los Angeles, California around 1954 to 1956. It is a B-flat trumpet, serial #1520, made of brass with 3 piston valves. This trumpet is engraved:
D. CALICCHIO LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
Dominic Calicchio (1901-1979) was born in Italy and emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. Calicchio learned his trade at the Rudy Muck brass factory in New York and in 1947, moved to California to make trumpets. During his career, Calicchio made almost two thousand trumpets.
In 1973, a documentary The Last Trumpet Maker, featuring the career of Dominic Calicchio, was made by K. H. Dempwolf, S. Marc Tapper, and Donald C. Fergus.
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 plaque was presented by Freddie Jett’s Pied Piper Nightclub to American jazz trumpeter William Alonzo “Cat” Anderson in 1971. It has a rectangular wooden base with a metal plate attached to the front with screws. The plate is engraved:
”CAT” ANDERSON ”THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC SOUND" FREDDIE JETTS PIED PIPER 1971
Freddie Jett’s Pied Piper Club in Los Angeles, California was a showcase venue for R&B and jazz musicians, including “Cat” Anderson. American soul and blues singer Esther Phillips’ performed at the club and recorded her legendary album, Burnin’ (Live At Freddie Jett’s Pied Piper, L.A., in 1970.
Beginning in England in the early 1880s, the Arts and Crafts movement spread across the United States and Europe by the late 1880s. It celebrated the importance of beauty in everyday objects and urged a reconnection to nearby nature. The movement resisted the way industrial mass production undermined artisan crafts and was inspired by the ideas of artisan William Morris and writer John Ruskin. Valuing hand-made objects using traditional materials, it was known for a color palette of earth tones. Its artistic principles replaced realistic, colorful, and three-dimensional designs with more abstract and simplified forms using subdued tones. Stylized plant forms and matte glazes echoed a shift to quiet restraint in household décor. The Arts and Crafts movement also embraced social ideals, including respect for skilled hand labor and concern for the quality of producers’ lives. The movement struggled with the tension between the cost of beautiful crafts and the limited number of households able to afford them. Some potters relied on practical products such as drain tiles to boost income or supported themselves with teaching or publications. Arts and Crafts influence extended to other endeavors, including furniture, such as Stickley’s Mission Style, and architecture, such as the Arts and Crafts bungalow, built widely across the United States. American Arts and Crafts pottery flourished between 1880 and the first World War, though several potteries continued in successful operation into the later 20^th^ century.
About Grand Feu Pottery:
Begun in 1912-13 in Los Angeles, California, by Cornelius Brauckman, the firm produced classically-shaped high-fired white stoneware in matte and glossy finishes in many colors. Though winning a gold medal in the San Diego Exposition of 1915, the pottery was no longer listed in 1916 in Los Angeles (Evans 1987:116).
(Evans, Paul, 1987. Art Pottery of the United States. New York: Feingold and Lewis Publishing Corp.)
About the Object:
Elongated trumpet-shaped vase with circular base. The vase has multiple flattened sides with gently raised ribs. The lip of the narrow mouth is slightly outward flaring. Glossy glaze of mottled shades of green and violet blended to look like moss. The design may be known as "Moss Agate." Impressed "Grand Feu Pottery LA. Cal." and "TT" and incised "154."
