MUS 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Benny Carter, Django Reinhardt, West End Blues
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Famous night club in nyc that operated during prohibition. Featured many of the greatest aa entertainers of the era: fletcher henderson, duke ellington, count basie, bessie smith, cab calloway, ella. Fitzgerald, fats waller, louis armstrong, dizzy gillespie, nat king cole, billie. During its heyday, it served as a chic meeting spot in the heart of harlem featuring regular celebrity nights on sundays, at which celebrities as jimmy durante, george. Gershwin, al jolson, mae west, irving berling, ny mayor jimmy walker and other luminaries would appear. Palomar ballroom on august 21st, 1935, bringing the music to the rest of the country live on the radio. Big band instrumentation: 17 piece instrumentation. 5 saxes (2 altos, two tenors, and one baritone) Four piece rhythm section (drums, acoustic bass or electric bass, piano and guitar) Big bands: major african american bands of the 1930s included groups lead by duke ellington,