Microphone, used by Graciela
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Felipa Graciela Pérez y Gutiérrez (1915-2010) was an Afro-Cuban vocalist at the forefront of the fusion between jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms. Graciela’s musical career began when she joined the Orquesta Anacaona as their main vocalist in the 1930s. As jazz became increasingly popular, they began to experiment with incorporating jazz sounds with popular Cuban music. When Graciela left Cuba and the Orquesta Anacaona, it was to join her brother-in-law Mario Bauza in New York City as the lead singer for his band the Afro-Cubans while her brother Francisco “Machito” Grillo served in the military. From playing son music in Cuban aires libres with Anacaona to mambo hits at the Palladium Ballroom in New York City, Graciela brought the sounds of Afro-Cuban music to audiences around the world. Her risqué anthems “Sí Sí No No”, “Mi Cerebro”, and “Ay Jose” fueled the mambo craze of the 1940s and 1950s.
place: label: place made
content: Austria
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content: Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
label: Exhibition
content: Entertainment Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Lisa Sokolov
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0078.13
label: accession number
content: 2018.0078
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0078.13
objectType: label: Object Name
content: microphone
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (microphone; case material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (case material)
label: Measurements
content: microphone: 7 in x 1 1/2 in; 17.78 cm x 3.81 cm