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[MUSIC-JAZZ]. Chicago Soul in Concert poster. [With:] Duke Ellington signed photograph.
Estimate: $300-$400
Sold
$150
Timed Auction
American Historical Ephemera & Photography
Location
Cincinnati
Description

[MUSIC-JAZZ]. Chicago Soul in Concert poster. [With:] Duke Ellington signed photograph.


Chicago Soul in Concert. Chicago, IL, May 1965. 22 x 14 in. poster promoting a benefit program for the Sullivan House, First Unitarian Church of Chicago. With musical acts highlighted below, including Hard Driving Blues, featuring Johnny Young (guitar), Jimmy Walker (piano), and Billy Boy Arnold (harmonica and bass), Art Hodes (jazz pianist), the Chariot Singers (gospel singers), and Erwin Helfer (blues and boogie woogie piano).

[With:] ELLINGTON, Duke (1899-1974), celebrated jazz pianist, composer, and band leader. Publicity photograph of Duke Ellington signed and inscribed in blue ink, "To Mrs. Franklin (?), In Appreciation, Duke Ellington." Chicago: Bloom, ca late 1920s. 10 x 8 in. silver gelatin photograph, "Duke Ellington" ink stamp on verso.


This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition
Poster: toning, puncture to top margin affecting second "C" in "Chicago." Few other light surface abrasions. Photograph: some soiling, residue at top right corner, some light creasing, corner, and edge wear. Freeman's I Hindman strives to describe historic materials in a manner that is respectful to all communities, providing descriptive contexts for objects where possible. The nature of historical ephemera is such that some material may represent positions, language, values, and stereotypes that are not consistent with the current values and practices at Freeman's I Hindman.
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