Performances
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gaskin, Mary
label: Collection Creator
content: Gaskin, Leonard, 1920-
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content: Leonard Gaskin Papers
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content: Leonard Gaskin Papers / Series 7: Performance and Publicity Materials / 7.4: Audiotapes of Performances, Educational Programs, and Interviews, 1936-2002
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1936-2001, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0900, Subseries 7.4.1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Includes performances at educational programs, wedding of Cab Calloway's daughter, concerts, jam sessions, festivals, tributes and salutes, birthday celebrations, rehearsals, and clubs. Sites include the Rainbow Room, public schools, West End Café, Flamingo Lounge, The Cornerstone, St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Kings Park Psychiatric Hospital, Birdland, Radio City Hall, Concord Baptist Church, Red Blazer Too, Cotton Club, Blue Willow Restaurant, Louis Armstrong House, Deanna's, Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center, University of New Hampshire, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Gaskin performs with the International Art of Jazz (IAJ), Eddie Condon Band, Bobby Greene Orchestra, Tiny Grimes Trio, Sy Oliver Orchestra, Panama Francis and the Savoy Sultans, Ray Abrams Big Band, Gene Krupa's Band, and the Doc Cheatham Quartet. Noted are his performances with other artists such as Joe Knight, Erroll Garner, Eddie South, Max Roach, Billie Taylor, Miles Davis,  Della Reese, Billie Holiday, Charlie Shavers, Connie Frances, Fred Braithwaite, Donald Sangster, and "Big "Nick" Nicholas. There may also be instances when he is not part of the performance.  Venues outside of the United States take place in Barcelona, London, Switzerland, France, and Ireland. Materials are arranged in chronological order.