Research Catalog

Title

Patti Bown photograph collection.

Author

Bown, Patti

Publication

[between 1940 and 1999?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Andrews, Bert
• Schuck, James E.
• Ross, Raymond
• Stam, Chris
• Stewart, Charles, 1927-2017
• Stoll, Jerry
• Fienstein, Harold
• Schapowalow, Susanne

Found In

p1tc Bown, Patti Patti Bown papers, 1940-2007 (OCoLC)900558208

Description

• 261 items (.2 cubic feet, 1 box); 26 x 21 cm or smaller.
• 80 photographic prints : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 8 photographic prints : color ;
• 15 instant camera photographs : color ;
• 6 contact sheets : gelatin silver, black and white ;
• 2 photocopies : color ;
• 138 negatives : black and white, some color ;
• 12 slides : color ;

Summary

• The collection depicts aspects of Patti Bown's career as an jazz pianist and composer mainly from the mid-1950s to the 1990s. Depictions of Bown's personal life are very limited. The collection consists of individual portraits of Bown, including studio portraits possibly used for publicity purposes; views of Bown performing solo and with others; group portraits and candid shots with Bown and colleagues and friends at music sessions, gatherings and events; and individual and group portraits of her colleagues and friends. Of note are views of the Quincy Jones Orchestra/Big Band touring Europe when Bown was a member, in Belgium (ca. 1959) and West Germany (ca. 1961); views of the theatrical production of Harold Arlen's "Free and Easy" in Belgium (ca. 1959) that was accompanied by the Quincy Jones Orchestra; and views of Bown meeting friends and working during an unidentified music session (ca. 1970s).
• Among the individuals depicted with Bown are Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Tony Bennett, Joseph Papp and Quincy Jones. Also included are candid shots of Gillespie at a music session and Billie Holiday outside a theater.

Subject

• Bown, Patti
• Quincy Jones Big Band
• Women jazz musicians
• Jazz musicians
• African American jazz musicians
• African Americans in the performing arts
• Women pianists
• Pianists
• African American women composers
• African American composers

Genre/Form

• Portrait photographs – 1940-1999.
• Group portraits – 1940-1999.
• Publicity portraits – 1940-1989.
• Gelatin silver prints – 1940-1999.
• Dye coupler prints – 1960-1989.
• Dye diffusion transfer prints – 1980-1989.
• Inscriptions – 1950-1969.

Note

• Title taken from Patti Bown Papers.
• Some photographs bear photographer's handstamp on verso. Some items bear handwritten captions on verso. Some items are inscribed; some items are matted. Some items are duplicates.
• Collection contains work by Bert Andrews, Charles Stewart, James E. Schuck, Raymond Ross, Jerry Stoll, Harold Fienstein, and Susanne Schapowalow, among others.

Terms of Use (note)

• Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography (note)

• Patti Bown was born in Media, Pennsylvania in 1931. She played piano as a young child and continued her piano studies through college in Seattle attaining professional level and playing with local orchestras in the 1940s. In the 1950s, she moved to New York City and later became a long-time resident of Greenwich Village. In 1958 she released the album "Patti Bown Plays Big Piano." She worked with renowned musicians in New York City and on tour, and acted as musical director for bands and composed for film and television. She died in New York City in 2008.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Patti Bown Papers, 1940-2007.

OCLC

1286628522

Author

Bown, Patti, collector.

Title

Patti Bown photograph collection.

Production

[between 1940 and 1999?]

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Some items are under copyright; permission of the copyright holder is required for duplication.

Biography

Patti Bown was born in Media, Pennsylvania in 1931. She played piano as a young child and continued her piano studies through college in Seattle attaining professional level and playing with local orchestras in the 1940s. In the 1950s, she moved to New York City and later became a long-time resident of Greenwich Village. In 1958 she released the album "Patti Bown Plays Big Piano." She worked with renowned musicians in New York City and on tour, and acted as musical director for bands and composed for film and television. She died in New York City in 2008.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Patti Bown Papers, 1940-2007.

Local Note

Sc MG 785

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Added Author

Andrews, Bert, photographer.

Schuck, James E., photographer.

Ross, Raymond, photographer.

Stam, Chris, photographer.

Stewart, Charles, 1927-2017, photographer.

Stoll, Jerry, photographer.

Fienstein, Harold, photographer.

Schapowalow, Susanne, photographer.

Found In:

p1tc Bown, Patti Patti Bown papers, 1940-2007 (OCoLC)900558208