The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-04-22
HARLEM
Race Capitol of the Nation"
By FLOYD G. SNELSON
New YORK
ORCHEsTRAS I'VE HEARD

Pm not a musical critic-but do
know MUSIC when I hear it. In the
last few years have heard the follow
ing bands and Orchestras. Have you?
Well, you certainly have missed some
thing. | do not infer that they began
at the first time | heard them, as many
were playing long before. However,
I proclaim my FAMOUS FIRSTS.-
SNELSON.
COUNT BASIE-I heard him with the
late Bonnie Moten at the Cherry
Blossom, night spot, on Vine Street
in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1904.
DUKE ELLINGTON-At the Moulin
Rouge, 48th Street and Broadway.
in 1922.
JIMMIE LUNCEFORD-At the Ven
dome, Buffalo, N. Y. in 1882.
CAB CALLOWAY-At the SAVOY
Ballroom with the old Missourians
in 1926.
LOUIS ARMsTRONG-At Comics
Inn in 1927.
CLAUDE HOPKINS-at the Smile "a
While in Asbury Park, NJ, in 1928.
FLETCHER HENDERSON-At the
Roseland Ballroom in 1921.
EARL HINES-Grand Terrace, Chi
cago in 1927.
DON REDMOND-With McKinney's
Cotton Pickers in 1928.
LUCKY MILLINDER-At SAVOY
Ballroom, Chicago, in 1927.
NOBLE SISSLE-With Shuttle Along,
63rd Street Music Hall, in N. Y,
1922.
FATS WALLER-Playing the organ
at the Lafayette Theatre, N. Y, in
1925.
VERNON ANDRADEs-At the Re
naissance, N. Y, in 1880.
WILL VODERY-At the Plantation.
n Y, in 1922.
FUBIE BLAKE-At Reisenwebers.'
Columbus Circle, in 1922.
MAMIE SMITH-At the Palace Thea
tire, Memphis, Tennessee, 1921.
TINY BRADSHAW-Ap Theatre.
New York City, 1887.
VIM. c. HANDY-In Memphis. Ten
nessee, 1921.
CHICK Ballroom, 125th
Street and 7th Avenue, 1921.
BROADWAY JONES-Palm Beach.
Florida, 1922.
SAMMY STEWART-Hollenden Ho-
DAVE PEYTON-In Chicago. 1919.
BENNY CARTER-In New York.
1927.
OWE ALSTON-Roseland Ballroom,
New York, 1885.
JOE GORDON-At Small's Paradise,
Harlem, 1888
HOT LIPS PAIGE-At Brick Tavern,
18th Street, New York, 1888.
STUFF SMITH-At the Onyx Club.
22nd Street, New York, 1887
ERSKINE HAWKINS-City Audi
torium, Atlanta, Georgia, 1885.
TEDDY HILL-Savoy Ballroom, 1885.
HARTLEY, TOOTS-Atlanta, Geor-
gia, 1885
John KIRBY-With Fletcher Hen
dersOn at the Onyx Club in 1886.
ANDY KlRK-In Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, 1888
WALTER BARNES-In Chicago.
1880.
LES HITE-In Los Angeles, 1882.
DON ALBERT-In San Antonio.
Texas, 1885.
WORLDS FAIR STUFF
made trip over to the Flushing
Meadows, the other day to give my
readers frank impression of the last
minute exhibition of the great picture.
AS a newspaperman, | "passed" the
tn'St guard; then | entered the Admin
Stratlon Building and contacted the
press department; | was courteously
received and given a passport to go
further. | had to pass the direction
OF hye colored men before I reached
my destination-all in uniform, and
seemed to be up and alert on the lob
OF what, where and how, for your in
formation and concern. To make a
long story short, here are a few sug-
gestions that put on my cuff.
DONIS FOR THE WORLDS FAIR
VISITORS
Don't think that New York is your
nome, because you have been here be-
fore, and you have friends here-it is
not mentioned once in Heaven.
Don't come here unless you have
money to pay your way-your friends
ana relatives are not able to take care
OF you-they are hardly able to take
care of themselves.
Don't stay over your time, because
"hen your money gives out, your well
come is gone and you might land in
the gutter, and the street sweepers are
hard gang to get along with.
Just had talk with a good pal of
NINE, PatrOlwoman Frances Louise
wells, of the Harlem Police Delin-
Quency Bureau, and she heartily APP