Research Catalog

Title

Don Redman photograph collection [graphic].

Author

Redman, Don.

Publication

[18--?-197-?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Anderson, Gordon.
• Kriegsmann, James J.
• Meyers, Arnold.
• Rossner, Harry.
• Stewart, Charles, 1927-2017.
• Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)
• Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)
• Strand Bookstore
• Vandamm Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Description

• 149 items (.6 lin. ft., 2 boxes); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
• 93 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 1 photographic print : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 4 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 12 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 18 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 8 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
• 10 photographic prints : col. ;
• 2 photomechanical prints : halftone, b&w ;
• 1 album (156 photographic prints, 3 postcards) ;

Summary

The Don Redman Photograph Collection documents some aspects of his life and career, from the early 1900s to the mid-1960s.

Subject

• Redman, Don
• Armstrong, Henry, 1912-1988
• Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971
• Bailey, Pearl
• Basie, Count, 1904-1984
• Blake, Eubie, 1887-1983
• Carlisle, Una Mae, 1915-1956
• Handy, W. C. 1873-1958
• Jackson, Quentin, 1909-1976
• Powell, Eleanor, 1912-1982
• Billy Paige's Broadway Syncopators
• Buck and Bubbles (Dance team)
• Chuck and Chuckles (Comedy team)
• Don Redman and His Orchestra
• Louis Bellson Quartet
• Mills Brothers
• African American entertainers
• African American musicians
• African American singers
• Big bands
• Jazz musicians
• Entertainers > United States

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 19??-1969.
• Group portraits – 18??-1969.
• Postcards – 19??-1969.
• Publicity photographs – 1910-1969.
• Photographic albums.
• Silver gelatin prints – 18??-1969.
• Dye coupler prints – 1940-1979.
• Photomechanical prints.
• Reproductions – 19??-1969.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Some photographs have descriptive information on verso or recto.
• Some items have photographer's handstamp on verso.
• Some photographs are reproductions.
• Collection includes work by Gordon Anderson, James J. Kriegsmann, Harry Rossner, Charles (Chuck) Stewart, Apeda Studios, and others.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some photographs restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Don Redman was a jazz arranger, composer, bandleader, and saxophonist who was an important contributor to the development of the big band sound.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Don Redman Papers.

Call Number

Sc Photo Don Redman Collection

OCLC

NYPG96-F81

Author

Redman, Don.

Title

Don Redman photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[18--?-197-?]

Terms Of Use

Some photographs restricted; permission of photographer is required for duplication.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Don Redman Papers.

Biography

Don Redman was a jazz arranger, composer, bandleader, and saxophonist who was an important contributor to the development of the big band sound. His chief contributions to jazz are said to include his role as arranger for Fletcher Henderson's band, and his influence on the evolution of ensemble jazz.

During the 1920s, Redman played saxophone and clarinet with Billy Paige's Broadway Syncopators (1923), Fletcher Henderson's band (1924-1927) where he became staff arranger, and McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1927-1931) where he served as musical director. In 1931, he formed his own band which was in residence at Connie's Inn, in Harlem, during the 1930s. They would tour, appear on radio shows, and make numerous recordings before disbanding in 1940. In the 1940s, except for a couple of bands organized for special occasions (1941, 1943) and a big band that he organized to tour Europe (1946-47), Redman gave full time to composing and arranging for radio, television, and big bands, including those of Paul Whiteman, Count Basie and Jimmy Dorsey.

In the autumn of 1949 Redman had his own television series on CBS, and, beginning in 1951, he became musical director for Pearl Bailey, serving in that capacity throughout the 1950s. During his final years he seldom performed, and composed several extended works that have never been performed in public.

Local Note

SCM 87-62

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Added Author

Anderson, Gordon. Photographer

Kriegsmann, James J. Photographer

Meyers, Arnold. Photographer

Rossner, Harry. Photographer

Stewart, Charles, 1927-2017.

Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Bloom (Firm : Chicago, Ill.)

Strand Bookstore

Vandamm Studio (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Don Redman Collection