Program for a Sidney Bechet performance in Paris
date: label: Date
content: 1955-1956
name: label: Printed by
content: Unidentified
label: Subject of
content: Sidney Bechet, American, 1897 - 1959
label: Subject of
content: Lionel Hampton, American, 1908 - 2002
label: Subject of
content: André Réwéliotty, French, 1929 - 1962
notes: label: Description
content: A signed program for a performance by Sidney Bechet, accompanied by the orchestra of André Réwéliotty, in Paris. It is unclear if the program is for a singular performance or a series. The cover features a black and white photograph of Bechet against a plain white background. Bechet is pictured from the waist up, wearing a checked shirt with dark colored collar and cuffs, holding a partially visible clarinet in his proper left hand. In red print across the top is [SIDNEY] with [BECHET] vertical down the right hand side of the program. Bechet's signature is just to the left of the 'T.' There are fourteen (14) interior pages with black-and-white portraits of Bechet, text, and advertisements in a mix of French and English. On the fourth spread is a list of songs with [SIDNEY BECHET / accompagne par André Réwéliotty et son orchestre / choisira son programme parmi les airs...] at the top indicating the list of musical numbers Bechet will choose from for the performance. The last page has a story about Lionel Hampton in anticipation of an upcoming performance in February 1956. The back cover has an advertisement for Bandit Visa Baghari perfume by Robert Piguet.
place: label: Place used
content: Paris, France, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
label: Exhibition
content: Musical Crossroads
label: On View
content: NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2014.3.21
objectType: label: Type
content: programs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper, metal
label: Dimensions
content: closed: 10 5/8 × 8 1/4 × 1/8 in. (27 × 21 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: open: 10 5/8 × 16 1/2 × 1/8 in. (27 × 41.9 × 0.3 cm)