Baton
name: label: user
content: Russo, William
notes: label: Description
content: <p>This baton was made by an unknown maker, provenance and date unknown. It is a white plastic stick with a cork handle. There is illegible green printing (handwriting?) on the cork.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>This baton was previously owned and used by William Russo (1928-2003), American composer, arranger, musician, teacher, and founder of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble. Russo composed more than 200 pieces for jazz orchestra. Throughout his career, Russo work included collaborations with Duke Ellington, Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Stan Kenton, Cannonball Adderley, Yehudi Menuhin, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Carter, Cleo Laine, and Billie Holiday.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Camille Davis Russo Blinstrub, Barbara Russo Evans, Alexander W. Russo, and Condee Nast Russo
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0162.03
label: accession number
content: 2003.0162
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0162.03
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baton
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 3/4 in; 36.83 cm x 1.905 cm