Jazz in the Palm Court Series, Pioneers of the 1930s: Chicago Urban Blues
name: label: Collection Collector
content: Maltsby, Portia
label: Collection Creator
content: Smithsonian Institution. Program in African American Culture
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection
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content: Program in African American Culture Collection / Series 1: Program Files
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content: 1989-01
container: label: Container
content: Box 18, Folder 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: A program in a series of Sunday afternoon concerts held in the Palm Court and produced by Arnae Burton. Concerts offered the public classic jazz repertory featuring the talents of regional artists who examined important jazz traditions created between 1890 and 1940. This session featured the artist Toshi Reagon, guitar-vocal; Aaron Graves, piano and Nasar, drums, and they demonstrated aspects of the music of the black migration experience in songs by William "Big Bill" Broonzy, "Memphis Minnie McCoy, William "Jazz" Gillum and others who were influential in defining and popularizing the 1930s Chicago urban blues tradition.