Object Details
- recording artist
- Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
- manufacturer
- Mercury
- Description
Lu Watters and his Yerba Buena Jazz Band. side 1: Emporer Norton's Hunch; side 2: Skid Da De Dat (Mercury 11050), from the album, Lu Watters Jazz (Mercury C-103).
78 rpm.The cover art for this album was by David Stone Martin (born David Livingstone Martin, 1913-1992). Martin was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz album covers for labels including Mercury, Asch, Clef, Disc, and Dial. Many of his commissions were from Martin’s longtime friend, American jazz record producer and concert promoter Norman Granz (1918-2001).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- recording date
- 1950
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.638
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- 11050
- C-103
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.638
- Object Name
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Related Publication
- Jazz Records 1942-1962, Vol. 8: Te - Z
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
- Popular Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Family & Social Life
- Jazz
- Sound Recordings
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_668139
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-d60c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
