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The musical lives of Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, Otto ("Toby") Hardwick and Arthur ("Artie" or "Chiefy") Whetsel began in Washington, D.C., where they met Elmer Snowden and then Sonny Greer in 1919. In 1923, Sonny and Toby talked Duke into joining them in New York to play in Wilbur C. Sweatman's vaudeville show.
Not enjoying vaudeville work, they quit, couldn't find other work and went home. Later that year, Thomas A. ("Fats") Waller told them of another New York job, and back they went. When that job didn't pan out, they struggled to survive. With Ada ("Bricktop") Smith's help, they were hired at the Exclusive Club, with Elmer as leader, their first known night club residency.
The group made its first record and appeared on radio in 1923, and were soon working at the Hollywood. After Whetsel left to go to university, James Wesley ("Bubber") Miley and Charlie Irvis joined. Snowden left that winter and Ellington soon became the leader. Fred Guy was hired on banjo in 1924 and the band began record-making in earnest later that year, even appearing in a silent film in 1925. In 1926 and 1927 they played in musical theatre pits on top of their club work and in the fall of 1926 Ellington met Irving Mills, who was so important in developing Ellington's career.
Harry Carney joined in mid-1927 and stayed the rest of his life; in 1927 string bassist Wellman Braud replaced tubist Mack Shaw and Rudy Jackson came in. They even had a violinist, Ellsworth Reynolds, to conduct them in pit work and at the Cotton Club in late 1927. Freddie Jenkins and Johnny Hodges joined in 1928, Cootie Williams replaced Miley in 1929, and Juan Tizol was added that year too. In 1929 Duke and his band played a prestigious Ziegfeld musical by George and Ira Gershwin, and they made Black and Tan, their first sound movie at Gramercy Studios in New York, using the new Photophone technology. They left the Cotton Club in the summer of 1930 to tour the northeast and midwest states en route to Hollywood to be in the Amos 'n' Andy movie Check and Double Check. They did a short theatre run back in New York in September, before relieving Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club in the middle of the month. In early 1931, they checked out of the Cotton Club to begin an 18 week theatre tour, and never looked back.
Duke travelled the world with his sidemen and singers, many being stars in their own right, until he died in 1974. He once told his grand-daughter home is where the work is, on the road. His life reflects that. His working life and travels are both fascinating and mind-boggling, something I first became aware of when I purchased Dr. Klaus Stratemann's comprehensive and well-documented Duke Ellington, Day by Day and Film by Film, ("Stratemann"), covering Ellington's life from 1929 until his death.
People study Ellington's life for many reasons, and a time line provides context. French record collector and researcher Klaus Götting consolidated the itineraries of several researchers into his own The Duke - Where and When, made for his own use, but generously shared that document with the Ellington community. At the urging of Swedish record producer and researcher Carl A. Hällström, Klaus kindly allowed me to use his itinerary as the basis for this webpage, which is intended to be a research tool so the community does not duplicate work already done by others. I am grateful to our small international team, for their participation, help and encouragement in this project, and in particular Ken Steiner and Steven Lasker for sharing their extensive research and for the work they've put into checking and clarifying our entries. Ken has checked at least 95% of the Stratemann citations (Downbeat, Variety, The Billboard, the New York Times, Chicago Defender, Baltimore African American, Pittsburgh Courier, New York Amsterdam News, and the Duke Ellington Scrapbooks at the Smithsonian), and almost all of the Stratemann dates against local sources, in the process uncovering numerous additions, corrections, and refinements for the years 1923-41. His finds were contributed to DEMS through its last issue in December of 2012. Dr. Stratemann relied a great deal on Steven's research and assistance when writing his book, and both Ken and Steven have been very involved with developing this webpage, identifying mistakes and offering a great many new entries and clarifications. Their research has been printed in many DEMS bulletins right up to the final one in December 2012.
This "evergreen" project will never be complete, but it's ready to be used by researchers and anyone else interested in Duke's life. New information, additional references and corrections are welcome. While submissions in the format suggested here are easiest for me to work with, I am happy to receive them any way they come.
TDWAW will tell you what Ellington was doing and where he was on a particular date and guide you to more detailed information in the DEMS Bulletins, Stratemann, New Desor and other resources. Entries in this colour are events listed in the August 2011 version of Mr. Götting's TDWAW, and entries from all other sources are in black.
Session information is primarily from New Desor or http://ellingtonia.com which is mostly taken from New Desor, but often modified after comparison to other hard copy and electronic sessionographies. I have not checked all the TDWAW title listings against all the hard copy discograaphies, since my eyesight has deteriorated since I started this project and the hard copy is often difficult for me to read. I generally list song titles only once per session or event. This may be a problem with Take the A Train, for example, because there was a short "theme" version and a longer performance verson, and sometimes they were both played during the same event. The reader is advised to check the discographies rather than relying on TDWAW's titles.
Session times were provided by Steven Lasker, either directly or by reference to his comprehensive discography in the book for the monumental RCA Victor CD box set 09026-63386-2, The Duke Ellington Centennial Edition. In several cases, the studio files only showed the start and end times, without saying if they were day or night. Where a.m. or p.m. was stated, they are restated on a 24-hour clock. Where I can't tell if the session was in the a.m. or p.m., they are simply stated as written. Mr. Lasker suggests using other groups' session times could help if the masters have adjacent matrix numbers to Ellington's.
Many references in this webpage use the acronyms SI-NMAH and DEC301. These stand for "Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History" and "Duke Ellington Collection #301" respectively. The Smithsonian's Archive Center includes the following Ellington-related collections. Clicking a collection number will take you to a fuller description of the collection.
SI-NMAH Collection Number | Collection name | Size (cu.ft.) |
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AC.0301 | The Duke Ellington Collection #301 (papers acquired from Mercer Ellington in 1988 arranged in 16 categories) | 310.00 |
AC.0327 | Rutgers University NEA Jazz Oral History Project | 4.50 |
AC.0328 | Rutgers University Collection of Radio Interviews about Duke Ellington | 1.50 |
AC.0368 | Duke Ellington Oral History Project | 15.00 |
AC.0385 | Annual International Conference of the Duke Ellington Study Group | 2.00 |
AC.0386 | Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera and Related Audiovisual Materials | 3.20 |
AC.0388 | Robert Udkoff Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera | 1.33 |
AC.0390 | New York Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society Collection | 1.10 |
AC.0391 | Earl Okin Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera | 0.40 |
AC.0415 | Ruth Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 33.00 |
AC.0424 | Guide to the Rex Stewart Papers | 2.40 |
AC.0422 | Carter Harman Collection of Interviews with Duke Ellington | 3.00 |
AC.0429 | Naomi Huber Brown Papers (Documenting Duke Ellington's Concert Tour of Asia) | 0.15 |
AC.0430 | Archives Center Collection of Music Transcriptions of Duke Ellington Compositions | 0.12 |
AC.0431 | Jazz Oral History Collection | 0.40 |
AC.0472 | Don Brown Collection of Duke Ellington Recordings | . |
AC.0494 | Betty McGettigan Collection of Duke Ellington Memorabilia | 2.00 |
AC.0502 | Dr. Theodore Shell Collection of Duke Ellington Ephemera | 1.75 |
AC.0630 | William "Cat" Anderson Collection | 5.00 |
AC.0652 | Tom Whaley Collection | 1.50 |
AC.0704 | Edward and Gaye Ellington Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 9.50 |
AC.0740 | Andrew Homzy Collection of Duke Ellington Stock Music Arrangements | 1.5 |
AC.0763 | John Gensel Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 1.5 |
AC.1240 | Al Celley Collection of Duke Ellington Materials | 2.5 |
AC.1222 | Floyd Levin Jazz Reference Collection (incl. Barney Bigard's personal papers) | 42.5 |
Most events are only briefly described or summarized, but the references given should allow you to look them up. Where I have reproduced an entire article, it is because I felt it was important to do so. While this webpage is based on Mr. Götting's TDWAW, it has room for more information, so I've included important events in the lives of Ellington and his sidemen. An item marked as an update may be a major change to Mr. Götting's information, or it may simply be an added reference, change of spelling, or another minor change.
Personnel changes are dated as shown in New Desor Volume II unless otherwise noted. Where New Desor relied on a musician's presence in a recording session, the actual dates are likely a little different. New Desor dates before 1943 may instead be from Steven Lasker's research, which he shared with Dr. Stratemann, who in turn provided it to the New Desor authors. Some musicians (including singers) left the band and came back, sometimes after a long absence, and I have usually not determined if their departures and returns were meant to be temporary or permanent. I also don't know which, if any, short-term members were just hired to fill in, or were hired on a permanent basis and didn't work out.
'Orchestra men had worked through the night up until 5:00 A.M. at the Cotton Club and were too tired to play. Mr. Mills suggests that he be given an afternoon date.'
Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1929 05 11. p. 6:'The Cotton club, Small's Paradise and Connie's inn are not complaining, but all of them might enjoy heavier profits had the police commissioner not put the night life into the almost forgotten curfew law. The clubs are dismissing customers 15 minutes before 3 a.m., preferring no misunderstanding with the patrolmen, who call promptly at 2:55 and look officious. The entertainers at these late places are happy over the enforcement of the statute at any rate. '
Chicago Defender, nat. ed., 1929 11 09, p. 6:'Harlem Clubs Take Broadway Business
New York, Nov. 8--(CNS)--The wise Broadway money is withdrawing its support from the pleasure palaces of the 42nd St. zone, and is flowing into the night clubs of Harlem. It won't be long until Harlem is the after midnight show place of the world.
There are several reasons why the night life of New York is abandoning its old abode in the bright lights region, but probably the most important reason for Harlem's rise is that New York still refuses to go to bed. On Broadway the curfew tolls the knell of parting at the inopportune hour of 3 a.m., but in Harlem the merriment lasts until the rising of the sun.'
The Associated Booking Corporation used contract blanks modelled on that of the American Federation of Musicians. They bear the AFM logo and title, as well as ABC's own headers. Many of the Ellington's ABC contracts have additional terms, which are either typed, rubber-stamped, or attached as a contract rider. These "standard clauses" are generally:
It is mutually agreed and understood between all parties concerted, that the artist or artists have the perogative [sic] of cancelling this contract, if in any instance an audience is segregated because of race or color. Ellington did, in fact, cancel a Sept. 5, 1961 appearance in Little Rock because the venue was segregated.
While I did not note these in most instances, many of the Associated Booking contracts have the date a deposit was received written on them, and some bear a rubber-stamped approval from the A.F. of M.
I have not repeated contract detail duplicating what is already shown in the entry, such as the date, time, place of the engagement, or its nature, unless I felt there was a nuance worth seeing (or unless I wrote the entry before deciding I didn't need to show redundant information).
Where I have not named a source, the information is from Mr. Götting and has not been checked by me. Most DEMS references were provided by him, and I have looked up many, but not all. Some lead to significant discussions, some refer to a hard-to-find brief notation in a lengthy document. The DEMS bulletins are listed in reverse chronological order for each event, and I have not attempted to sort them by relevance.
The reliability of any entry in this webpage should be judged by its supporting documentation. Ellington's plans frequently changed on short notice, so post-event reviews or reports are better evidence that the event occurred than advertisements or advance publicity. Where an event is only supported by advance publicity (previews) or by advertisements, you should consider it to unconfirmed, although ads on the day of the event are more likely to be reliable than those that ran a week or two beforehand.
When relying on a reference book such as a biography, look for the references the author cites. Some authors draw on what has been written by earlier biographers, so if the earlier writer made a mistake, it may be reported as fact by subsequent authors. While this chronology occasionally draws on A. H. Lawrence's "Duke Ellington and His World" as a source, noted Ellington authority Steven Lasker disagrees strongly with relying on that book, describing its flaws in DEMS 01/2-4.
Newspapers often printed several editions the same day and some weeklies printed local and national editions. TDWAW does not say which edition the page number given for an ad, article, review, etc. refers to so you may find the same item on a different page number of another edition with the same date.
Dating events based on announcements in the black (Afro-American) press is difficult. I believe many of these newspaper were published early in the week but dated the following Saturday. This seems to be confirmed in The New York Age 1945-12-29 which had an “important notice” to its readers saying the usual Tuesday was a holiday so the paper would be on newsstands Monday, so all news copy must be received by Saturday morning. Extrapolating from this, the 1946-01-19 edition was printed and hit the streets 1946-01-15 and its reference to "last Saturday" means 1946-01-05, not 1946-01-12. Some black weeklies were two or three weeks behind because stories originating in one of the Associated Negro Press member papers would be sent to ANP in Chicago, which sent twice-weekly packages to its member newspapers. Thus a Week 1 story might not reach other ANP member newspapers until Week 2, and then might not reach the reader until Week 3 or even Week 4. As a result, many black weeklies were vague about dates of events, sometimes announcing upcoming events that have already occurred, an example being NYA 1945-12-15 which announced Ray Nance would be playing a week beginning 1945-12-10. The ambiguity is also illustrated in The Omaha Guide 1946-01-05 which announced a concert to be played that evening in the past tense: Duke Ellington brought his famous orchestra to Hampton Institute on this weekend, appearing in Ogden Hall Saturday evening January 5th…The concert was sponsored by the local committee…
.” Even an event in the same city can lag – Joya Sherrill married in Detroit 1946-02-16, but the Detroit Tribune 1946-03-09 announced Joya Sherrill...is reported to have married in the city last week...
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DEMS Bulletins:
Until the end of 2019, DEMS bulletins were hosted on Peter MacHare's now closed A Duke Ellington Panorama website. They are now on the TDWAW server, with new filenames. If you cannot access the links in this web page, look for the bulletin you want in this DEMS index. While Peter's website is cloned at http://desguin.net/DukeEllingtonPanorama/www.depanorama.net/, as at 2022-01-24 its DEMS hyperlinks don't seem to work.
The TDWAW web page was too large for some browsers so I have divided it into two web pages. Part 1 runs from 1891 to the end of 1945, and Part 2 picks up with 1946 and ends with Ellington's death in 1974. Please go here for navigation tips and for technical details about it.
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1891 01 25 | . | St. James Parish, La. | . | Birth of Wellman Braud As a young man, Braud played violin and string bass in the Storyville district of New Orleans before moving to Chicago. Later, in London, England, with the Plantation Orchestra, he doubled bass and trombone. Braud played with Wilbur C. Sweatman in New York before joining Ellington. With Ellington, he doubled string bass and tuba. Harvey Pekar writes 'Ellington and Braud demonstrated that the string bass, when properly miked, had a more explosive, incisive quality than the tuba - Ellington credited Braud with "crowding the microphone." Duke made sure Braud was placed so he would be prominent on records, and the innovation was so successful that Duke - and later pretty much everyone else - gave up using tuba in jazz rhythm sections.' Ellington:'Tuba was supposed to be better for recording the low notes in the days before microphones, but Braud always made sure he could be heard. He used to stand up so close, we would have to pull him away from the horn. He had great flavor.' Highlights from Braud's 1958 oral history:
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1891 09 14 | . | Georgia, U.S.A. | . | Birth of newspaperman, publicity agent and booking agent Floyd Grant Snelson Jr. Courier managing editor William G. Nunn, Sr: "Floyd G. Snelson, 66, whose life was snuffed out recently in an explosion in a French rooming house, was one of journalism's most colorful figures during the roaring twenties and early thirties. |
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1892 05 18 Wednesday | died 1986 09 05 | Boston, Mass. | . | Birth of Thomas Le Roy ("Tom") Whaley, composer, pianist, arranger,conductor best remembered as Duke Ellington's chief copyist from 1941 to 1971. Annie Kuebler: 'Tom Whaley - Footnotes and Whole Notes in Jazz History Whaley's interactions with Ellington:
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1892 05 21 | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Birth of Ellington's first songwriting partner, Joseph Hannibal (Jo.) Trent. Trent is referred to variously as Jo Trent, Jo. Trent, and Joe Trent. Many sources refer to "Jo Trent," without the period, but the record label for Blue Disc T1003-B names the performers as JO. TRENT AND THE Steven Lasker observes that except for Choo Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home) and Rhapsody Jr., every one of Ellington's song copyrights prior to 1927 02 10 shows Ellington in collaboration with Trent. Trent died 1954 11 19 at Hotel Gales, Av. Gral. Mitre, 120, Barcelona, Spain from "cardiac collapse." He was interred at Barcelona Southwest Cemetery, Niche 6731, "Columbario" B, 6th floor, Via Santisima Trinidad 11a. |
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1892 10 20 Tuesday | . | Dallas, Texas | . | Birth of Charles Leslie ("Jack") Boyd (1892 10 20 - 1966 10 11), who joined the Ellington organization in 1933 as its electrician after working with Cab Calloway for some months. He became Ellington's road manager at the end of 1935, remaining until 1943 or 1944 and was replaced by Al Celley. Steven Bowie: 'Attached is the 1940 census, which shows his occupation as orchestra manager. Also attached is a copy of his death certificate. Even though it says he was a lifelong resident of Dallas, the Social Security Death index shows he obtained his card in New York... Here's a link to his headstone' Ken Steiner: 'You don't hear much about Boyd but reviews of Ellington stage performances during the '30s laud the dramatic effects of the stage lighting, highlighting the band's soloists in different colors.' See also 1933 09 27 |
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1894 01 16 Tuesday | 1985 04 21 Sunday | Odessa, Russia | . | Birth of Irving Harold Mills (born Isadore or Isaac Minsky), who discovered Ellington, guiding and managing his musical career until early 1939 (see 1939 03 23 and 1939 05 00 below). On July 25, 1896, the family (parents Hyman [Chaim] and Sophia (nee Schifre) Minsky, older brother Jack or Jacob, and Irving) arrived in New York to settle in Manhattan. The boys held various jobs after their father died in 1905 and began their first music publishing company in 1919. Their fascinating joint biograpy can be read at http://www.perfessorbill.com/pubs/jmills.shtml Sonny Greer: 'Irving Mills began managing us when we were in the Kentucky Club. It was imperative that we have a man like that, a front man, because I don't think we could have done it alone without his guidance. When anything important pertaining to Ellington came up, he was there in person. He didn't send someone else out. When he made the second European trip with us, he was so sick he had to have a doctor in attendance twenty-four hours a day, but he made it every step of the way. He was a businessman, sure, but he always saw to it we had the best in transportation. The band didn't know what a bus looked like in the early days. We had private Pullman cars, with 'Duke Ellington' on the side, and a private baggage car, through every state of the union, and we were the only band in the country, white or colored, that had that. On one-nighters, we lived out of the train, and everybody had a lower berth. We parked the cars in a station, and there was no running around looking for rooms, north, south, east, or west. That was the Mills regime. When it ended, we came to the covered wagon – the bus. |
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1894 07 20 Friday | 1939 12 24 Sunday | Ithaca, N.Y. | . | Birth of Max (or Mack) Shaw, tubist in The Washingtonians. Shaw replaced Henry "Bass" Edwards in May 1926. His tuba is usually called a brass bass by discographers. Mr. Shaw was in turn replaced by Wellman Braud in 1927. Steven Lasker describes Shaw as an essential member of the band that first preserved "The Ellington Effect" on wax. | TDWAW supplementary web page, Max or Mack Shaw | . | . | . | K.Coffee, S.Lasker | New added 2022-10-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
circa 1895 12 13 Friday | . | Long Branch, N.J. | . | This is the earliest suggested birth date of drummer William Alexander ("Sonny") Greer, Jr.
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1896 11 03 Tuesday | . | Council Bluffs, Iowa | . | Birth of Ned Williams (1896 11 03 - 1981 08 06), creator of the Mills Dance Orchestras 1931 advertising manual for DUKE ELLINGTON and His Famous Orchestra(see According to Hasse, p. 194, when Williams left Mills Artists in August 1935, Ellington's publicity suffered. His obituary says he was press agent for Ellington, Jean Harlow, Marlene Dietrich, Cab Calloway, Trini Lopez, Ina Ray Hutton and others. Until he retired in 1961, he was executive secretary of the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which he helped organize. In the 1920s he was drama critic for the Omaha Bee-News, and was editor of Down Beat from 1942 to 1952. Additional aspects of his career can be read in his obituary. Steven Lasker: 'In "Duke Ellington in Person" (pp. 34-41) Mercer Ellington describes Ned's role in Ellington's career at length, with precise dates and details, such that one might reasonably suspect these pages were in part ghost-written by Ned himself.' | Email, Lasker/Palmquist,
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1896 12 17 Thursday | 1969 06 06 Friday | . | . | Birth of Joe Glaser, who would form Associated Booking Corporation, Ellington's booking agent from July/August 1951 to the end of Duke's life. In his column widely published June 12, 1969, syndicated columnist Jack O'Brian wrote that Glaser had more than 1,000 clients. Cohen describes a rather acrimonious relationship between Ellington and Glaser. |
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1897 05 23 Sunday | . | Burkeville, Va. | . | Birth of Fred Guy (1897 05 23 - 1971 11 22) who would join Ellington on banjo in 1924 and later switch to guitar. Mr. Guy was in the band from 1924 until the beginning of 1949, leaving because his wife was seriously ill (she died a year later). The 1925 New York State Census, enumerated June 1, has Fred Guy and Edward Ellington rooming at 137 127th St., New York City, and the 1930 federal census has them in the same apartment building on Edgecombe Ave. He attended the White House birthday party for Ellington in 1969 and took his own life in 1971. While the reports of his death in the Chicago Daily News and by UPI (Columbus Dispatch) said he left the band in 1946 and 1947 respectively, he was still in the band until January 1949. Ellington's sideman should not be confused with a Fred Guy of Lacona, N.Y. The latter is named in several northern New York newspaper reports as playing banjo, guitar, xylophone and drums on the radio and at various functions. In 1925 he advertised as a milk retailer and he was Lacona's assistant fire chief. The 1925 New York State Census lists this Fred Guy in Sandy Creek, N.Y.. |
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1987 10 09 Friday | . | Baltimore, Md. | . | Possible date of the birth of Elmer Chester Snowden, banjoist and first leader of The Washingtonians. David Hill: 'It appears the birth date for Elmer Snowden may also be incorrect as well. My first clue was the 1910 census, where despite the fact the ages of the people listed often contain inaccuracies, Elmer was listed as being age 11. This continued in the 1920 census (age 21), the 1925 New York census (age 27), the 1940 census (age 41) and the 1950 census (age 51), all pointing to a birthdate earlier than 1900. |
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1898 01 03 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | James Edward Ellington married Daisy Kennedy, who would be 19 years old the next day. Their marriage licence is one of several listed in the Washington Evening Star, 1898-01-04, p.2. Tucker reports they had a child before Duke, and who died in infancy.There is an unattributed "memorial" for Baby Boy Ellington at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/204235838/baby_boy-ellington showing he was born in 1898 and died Duke's son Mercer wrote that while she was pregnant with Duke, Daisy survived a ferryboat sinking. |
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1899 04 19 Wednesday | . | Birmingham, Ala. | . | Birth of Leonard Harper (d.1943 02 10) Harper was a dancer, choreographer, stage director, and producer who pioneered the revue type of musical floor show.
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Circa 1898 08 00 | . | Washington D.C. | Ward Place | Life event Birth of Edna C. Thompson, who would marry Ellington in 1918.
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1899 04 02 Sunday | . | Aiken, Elko or Charleston, S.C. | . | Possible birth date of trumpeter James Wesley ("Bubber") Miley (1903? - 1932) who was so influential in creating Ellington's sound. See the discussion on TDWAW supplementary webpage http://tdwaw.ca/BubberMiley.html | . | . | . | . | djp/sl | New added 2023-04-08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899 04 29 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | Grandparents' home 2129 Ward Place N.W. | Birth of Edward Kennedy ("Duke") Ellington. Duke's family tree, including descendants and long-term liaisons, was shown in the website of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts but now is only available from the Internet Archive. Several biographies report mother Daisy played piano well and father James Edward Ellington played by ear and sang excerpts from operas and operettas. JE would also lead his friends in singing, arranging the music himself, humming individual parts and conducting from the piano. Lawrence reports that when he was a child, Ellington's home had two pianos, which I have not yet seen reported in other biographies. |
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1900 01 22 Monday | . | San Sebastian, Puerto Rico | . | Birth of Juan Tizol Martinez
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1900 09 20 Thursday | . | Crawfordsville, Ind. | . | Birth of Wilbur de Paris, trombone Several sources including New Desor and Scott Yanow's Wilbur DeParis: Profiles in Jazzgive his birthdate as January 11, 1900 but David Hill's research suggests September 20 that year. David Hill: '...he was born on 20 September 1900 (not 11 Jan), according to multiple sources, including documents he submitted, such as his 1942 Draft Registration Form. In the 1910 federal census the family used the surname Paris. The head of the household was Paris, Sidney, age 44, his wife was Fannie, age 40, and the children were Wilber D., Nannie E., and Sidney G. In the 1930 census, he is Paris, Wilbur and was married to Paris, Thelma [consistent with his 1942 draft registration]. It says he was 19 when they married and she was 16.The 1910 census |
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1902 06 07 Saturday | . | Portsmouth, Va. | . | Birth of reed player (clarinet and tenor sax) Prince Robinson (1902-1960). He joined Ellington's band in April 1925. According to New Desor, he left in the summer of 1926 but Steven Lasker believes he plays on Ellington's records at least until | Email Lasker-Palmquist
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1902 12 03 | . | Long Branch, N.J. | . | This is the date drummer William Alexander ("Sonny") Greer, Jr. Other sources suggest he was considerably older, possible born as early as December 1902 is supported by his name appearing in the register of New Jersey births. See the discussion at | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 updated 2014-06-15 2017-01-25 2019-07-05 2021-03-08 2021-05-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 04 03 Friday | . | Aiken, Elko or Charleston, S.C. | . | This is the widely reported birth date of trumpeter James Wesley ("Bubber") Miley (1903? - 1932) who was so influential in creating Ellington's sound. See the discussion on TDWAW supplementary webpage http://tdwaw.ca/BubberMiley.html | . | . | . | . | djp/sl | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2019-03-17 2019-09-07 2021-01-22 2022-12-03 2023-04-08 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 07 30 | . | Danbury, Conn. | . | Birth of Hilton Jefferson | Jan Evensmo's Hilton Jefferson solography www.jazzarcheology.com/hilton-jefferson | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-10-31 2021-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1903 12 23 Wednesday | . | Savannah, Ga. | . | Birth of actress Fredericka Carolyn ("Fredi") Washington (1903-1994).
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1902 02 26 Wednesday | 1963 02 17 Sunday | Washington, D.C. | Birth of Jerry (Jerome) O. Rhea (1902-1963), described in his obituary as Ellington's personal assistant, secretary and personal assistant. Evening Star: '...A former singer and singing coach, he made his debut in 1918 at the Howard Theater in the days of the supper shows. In 1922 he bacame Duke Ellington's personal assistant and held this post for 25 years. He had a singing engagement also in these early years with CBS on the "Majestic Radio Hour" show. | The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. 1963-02-20 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2022-10-17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1904 00 00 | 1908 00 00 | Washington, D.C. | Garnet Elementary School | AHL says Daisy Ellington listed her son's age as 6 so he could start school at age 5. While this would place him in school in 1904, Vail places Ellington's school entry in 1905 without providing support. Mercer Ellington: 'Going through grade school, Duke Ellington was far from outstanding. He wasn't really a dud, because his life could easily have run parallel to that of Einstein, whose grades, I understand, were terrible, too. But what can definitely be said of Duke Ellington is that he was born an artist and that he had the typical ways of an artist from birth. Basically, anything that didn't move or inspire him didn't exist, regardless of how it could be explained in philosophical terms. ' Tucker says Ellington's "first brush with formal music education" was at about 7 years old, but AWL says "about a year later" (after beginning school), his mother put him into piano lessons with Mrs. (Marietta) Clinkscales after he was hit in the head by a baseball bat. This suggests Duke may have started piano lessons as early as age 6, which would be 1905, but Vail, consistent with Tucker, says he started lessons with Mrs. Clinkscales in 1906 |
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1904 01 31 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of trombonist Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton Wikipedia, at the time of writing, says he was born February 1, consistent with his entry in the New York marriage license index, but his draft registration card shows January 31, 1904. He died the night of July 20, 1946, the night before the band was to leave Los Angeles on tour. | Draft registration card, 1942-02-16 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 2020-07-18 2020-12-07 2021-07-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1904 05 31 Tuesday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of Otto J. "Toby" Hardwick or Hardwicke
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1904 07 10 Sunday | . | Bossier Parish, La. | . | Birth of singer/entertainer Ivie or Ivy Anderson Ellington's first regular female vocalist was well-established in show business before he hired her temporarily on February 13, 1931 and permanently a month later. ![]() Ivie made 71 Ellington records and appeared in five films with Ellington and one with the Marx brothers, without the Ellington orchestra. Ivie and her soon-to-be second husband opened Ivie's Chicken Shack in 1941 and she retired from Ellington in August 1942. She continued singing professionally from time to time, and died December 28, 1949. Contrary to some reports, she was born in 1904, not 1905, she joined Ellington in 1931, not 1932, and she appears to have been born in Louisiana rather than California. See our Ivy Anderson webpage for details of her life and career. | Ivie Anderson web page http://tdwaw.ellingtonweb.ca/IvieAnderson.html | . | . | . | SL,KS,djp | New added 2012 10 10 updated 2015-08-19 2015-10-07 2017-09-26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1904 11 01 Tuesday | . | Louisville, Ky. | . | Birth of trumpeter/vocalist Louis Bacon | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2017-06-18 2021-03-08 2021-12-28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 09 18 | Boston, Mass. | . | Birth of Mildred Teresa Dixon (1904-2001), who would be Ellington's common-law wife from around 1930 through to 1938. See our Mildred Dixon webpage for details of her life and seven photos. |
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1905 02 22 Wednesday | 1940 05 01 | Punta Gorda, Flor. | . | Birth of Arthur Parker Whetsel, trumpet (1905-1940). ![]() 1924 passport photo Click to Enlarge ![]() Arthur Whetsel, early 1929(Crop from Apeda Studios band photo)Click to Enlarge ![]() Undated photo from Facebook Click to Enlarge
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1905 02 28 Tuesday | . | Webster Grove, Mo. | . | Birth of Louis Metcalf | Record Research 1962-10 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012 10 11 2016-08-14 2021-03-08 2021-08-11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1906 03 03 Saturday | . | New Orleans, La. | . | Birth of clarinetist Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (d.1980 06 27) who will join Ellington's band on or about |
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1906 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Fred Douglas (Freddie or Freddy) Jenkins (1906 10 10 - 1978 07 12), nicknamed Posey or Little Posey. | Supplementary webpage Freddie Jenkins | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-02-24 updated 2015-10-08 2015-11-26 2015-11-27 2021-06-05 2022-11-04 2022-11-14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1907 02 22 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | . | This is the date of cornetist Rex Stewart's birth in Pennsylvania, according to his death registration and various other sources. Claire Gordon, his friend, cowriter/editor of his Downbeat and LA Times articles, and editor of his posthumous autobiography "Rex Stewart Boy Meets Horn," University of Michigan Press, 1991, believes the correct date was February 12. She recalls he used to speak of having a president's birthday. Palmquist comments: I have been unable so far to find any record of Stewart's birth. The sources listed to the right say February 22, but none cite a documentary source. Further research is warranted. |
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1907 05 01 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Birth of bassist Hayes Julian Alvis
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1907 07 25 Thursday | . | Cambridge, Mass. | . | Birth of soprano and alto saxophone virtuoso and star
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1907 08 03 | . | Lawrence, Kans. | . | Birth of trombonist Lawrence Olin Brown (Aug. 3, 1907-Sept. 5, 1988)
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1907 08 08 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of alto sax star, band leader and arranger Benny Carter (1907-2003), who played opposite, and occasionally with, Ellington over the years. | Jan Evensmo's Benny Carter solography with biographical notes. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-10-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1907 08 31 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Edgar Sampson (1907-1973), alto sax, violin and arranger (particularly for Benny Goodman), who may have played with Ellington in 1926 and 1927. | Jan Evensmo's Edgar Sampson solography | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-10-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1908 08 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of alto sax man/clarinetist Russell Procope in New York City
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1909 01 13 | . | Springfield, Ohio | . | Birth of Quentin Jackson | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2021-05-14 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 2021-05-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1909 03 27 | . | Kansas City, Mo. | . | Birth of tenor sax star Benjamin Francis (Ben) Webster
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1909 05 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Birth of Al (Albert) J. Celley, born Albert John Celentano. Celley became Ellington's road manager in June 1944. Celley had very poor vision and left Ellington in March, 1964 after damaging his retina in Milan, Italy. Celley attended Commerce High School in New York and Brooklyn Tech, studying electricity at both. He dropped out of Brooklyn Tech after 13 months, and did various jobs in New York and elsewhere until becoming an engineer at the Hotel Victoria in New York for about 2 years, where he earned about $75 a week plus room and board. He was employed by Ina Ray Hutton's orchestra for 4 years as band boy and electrician and another 4 years as its road manager, making as much as $100 or $200 a day, since his pay included money from horse betting. He became the Bob Chester Orchestra road manager for 2 1/2 years in 1941, before Ellington hired him. With Ellington, he started at $125/week plus expenses and from as early as 1958 to his departure, he was making $300 weekly plus expenses, which he explained meant he didn't have to pay for his hotel rooms, unlike the sidemen. He said when Ellington and Bill Mittler interviewed him, he told Ellington he had never worked for Negro bands and didn't know if he would be accepted, but he would try it for two weeks. When asked if he was authorized to sign cheques for DEI, he said he did at times, and 'When you are playing one-nighters, you go to the bank with the man to get the money out. When you work one-night stands, if a man was paying you $2,000, you wouldn't accept a check. It was unorthodox to take a check on the road.' Celley's 1940 draft registration card is in the name Celentano and names his wife as Eve Rogers Celentano. The 1950 federal census lists them in Los Angeles. He appears to have married a second time while still married to her. The Daily News reported Eva [sic] was granted a divorce in 1954, having married Celley in 1942 [sic] and discovering in 1951 that he had married his secretary, Margaret A. MacDonnell. Celley and MacDonnell are listed in the New York Marriage License Index May 3, 1951, numbered 11293, and again in 1957 (licence 5495). They appear to have had two sons.Celley sued Duke Ellington, Inc. for money allegedly owed tp him after he left. A transcript of his March 1966 examination before trial is in the Smithsonian's Ellington archives. It also contains a July 1966 report by a Bishop's Service, Inc. A Confidential Reporting Service to Steven A. Burn, Duke Ellington, Inc.'s lawyer. This says Al and Margaret lived in Ridley Park, N.J. "for many years," first renting on the same street as her parents' home, and in 1955 [sic] buying a house across from their house. The report says the neighbours had known him for 15 years and known her all her life. Various newspaper reports from 1951 to 1971 show Margaret was active on Taylor Hospital Junior Board of in Ridley Park, having been its president in 1951 and 1967. Their two sons are named in a 1972 wedding announcement. Celley was the subject of a 1968 feature article about his ham radio volunteer service. The article reported he spent about 7 hours a day contacting overseas military, missionaries and Peace Corp volunteers by radio, connecting them to their families, using collect long distance calls so they wouldn't have to pay international rates. |
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1910 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Carl A. Doubét, Jeweler 1402 14th St. N.W. | Chester Times: 'A Small World, To Be Sure! While I have arbitrarily placed this in 1910, Duke may have held this job anytime after he was old enough to work, until February 1914, when Doubet moved his business to Chester. |
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1910 04 01 | . | Boston, Mass. | . | Birth of baritone sax icon Harry Carney In a 1966 interview with Jimmy Staple, Carney talks about his mouthpiece (bought in Los Angeles in 1930), his bari (Conn), and various other topics. Steven Lasker:
Steven Lasker: The assertion that Carney joined Ellington [in 1926] first appeared in Feather's 1955 Encylopedia of Jazz. The entry for Carney says 'Duke Ellington heard him [in Boston] and obtained his parent's permission to take him on the road with the band in 1926. ' Carney specifically refuted Feather:Le Point de Jazz #4, Mar71 (byline Georges Debroe): 'Extrait d'une conversation avec [Harry Carney et] J. [Johnny] Simmen (BHCF)...'il s'agit d'un orchestre ri??gulier (Joe Steele) que j'avais quitti?? en 1927 pour entrer chez Duke...L. Feather me fait entrer chez Duke en 1926, mais (et il rit) cette fois, je SAIS que c'est LUI qui se trompe.'" [Translated: "It's a matter of a regular orchestra (Joe Steele) that I left to join up with Duke....L. Feather had me joining with Duke in 1926, but (and he laughs) this time, I KNOW that it's HE who is mistaken.'] An extensive collection of Carney's quotes about joining Ellington are collected at DEMS 04/3-10, "When Did Harry Carney join the band"Further misinformation: In an interview with John McDonough (DB, 1969-04-17, p. 16), Fred Guy claimed to have gone to Boston "in 1926" to negotiate with Carney's mother to secure permission for her son to play with the band. Mark Tucker favored 1926 in "The Early Years" (see pages 189-90). One red herring he fell for is the photo of two young men, purportedly Harry Carney and definitely Bubber Miley, posing in tuxedos in front of a poster advertising the Ellington orchestra's 1926-08-12 appearance at Old Orchard Beach. The only problem: That's not Harry! (The picture is opposite p. 101 of Mercer's book.) After the publication of Mark's book, I was able to show him the evidence that Harry joined in 1927, not 1926, and he came to that view. Charlie Holmes recounts his early years in Boston growing up with Hodges and Harry Carney: Carney was interviewed by Down Beat in 1961. |
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1910 11 23 Wednesday | . | Corsicana, Texas | . | Apparent birth date of trombonist Tyree Glenn. Glenn joined Ellington in May 1947, staying until March 1950, and would return from time to time. He soloed on vibraphone in Duke's November 1948 Carnegie Hall concert. Mr. Glenn died a few days after Paul Gonsalves and a few days before Ellington, and for a few minutes on May 24, 1974, the bodies of all three were in the same funeral home. When was he born?
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1911 02 23 Thursday | . | Washington, D.C. | 1916 R St. N.W. | Peripheral event Ellington's aunt Maud Kennedy died away at her mother's home. Survived by Mrs. Alice Kennedy, mother, and sisters Mrs. Daisy Ellington, Mrs. Ella Bennet, Mrs. Florence Hartgrove, Mrs. Maire Letcher, Mr. James W. Kennedy, Jr., and Mr. John Kennedy. The funeral was to be Sunday Feb. 26 at Nineteenth St. Baptist Church. | The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 1911-02-26, p.5 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1912 11 17 Sunday 8 p.m. | . | Washington, D.C. | First Baptist Church Dumbarton Ave., N.W. | Peripheral event Mrs. Daisy Ellington (Duke's mother) was named as financial secretary of the Young Ladies' Protective League in a story about it celebrating its 11th anniversary. The present membership is 375 with a large bank account. | Washington Bee, Washington, D.C., 1912-11-23, p.5 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1912 11 23 Saturday | . | Corsicana, Texas | . | Widely recorded birth date of trombonist William Tyree Glenn. Steven Bowie: 'I found Tyree Glenn's birth certificate on Ancestry. The history books say he was born on 23 November 1912. His birth certificate says he was born 23 November 1910, two years earlier. The birth certificate was generated in 1942, but the 1920 census backs up the 1910 birthdate.' See 1910 11 23 above. | Email Bowie-Palmquist 2021-06-02 | . | . | . | SB | New added 2021-06-02 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1913 00 00 | 1914 00 00 | Washington, D.C. | Garrison Junior High School | (Unconfirmed) Ellington's Grade 8 English teacher and principal, Miss R.A.Boston, emphasized the importance of proper speech, deportment and pride in oneself. Tucker dates this as the school year 1913-1914. Vail has Ellington attending Garrison from 1911 to 1913, without citing his sources. If Ellington started school at age 5, that would be September 1904, and he would have begun eighth grade in September 1911. Further research is necessary to confirm when he entered junior high school. |
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1913 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Poodle Dog Cafe | Duke takes a summer job as a soda jerk. |
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1913 09 00 | 1917 02 00 | Washington, D.C. | Samuel H. Armstrong High School | Ellington's grade 8 teachers encouraged Duke to attend Armstrong, a "vocationally oriented" all black school, so he could major in graphic arts. Vail has Ellington entering Armstrong in September 1913, but Ulanov puts him there from February 1914 to July 1917. Ulanov: 'Armstrong was the leading Negro manual training school. Duke went there to study drawing, freehand and mechanical. He was deeply interested in art, interested in little else in the secondary school curriculum, and it was only for those classes that he would show up with regularity. His grades were both sustained and let down by his interests.' During these years Oliver "Doc" Perry gave him piano lessons, mentored him and occasionally allowed him to sit in his Doc Perry's Society Band, subbing for Doc on occasion.Vail says Perry taught Ellington to read music, which seems odd since Ellington had had piano lessons. Perry also introduced Ellington to Hugh Grant, a school music supervisor, who gave Ellington harmony lessons. Ellington rehearsed after school at True Reformers Hall with other students. By 1916 they included brothers Felix, Brother and Bill Miller, Lloyd Stewart, Ted Nickerson, Sterling Conaway and William Escoffey. |
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1913 12 10 Wednesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Birth of trumpeter/singer/violinist Willis Raymond "Ray" or "Floorshow" Nance |
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Spring was unwise to rely on Lawrence, since Lawrence has many errors. Neither Spring nor Lawrence provide support for 1914/1915. Ellington began working at the Poodle Dog Cafe in 1913: Ellington: 'We had a piano player in the Poodle Dog who was one of the best when he was sober, which wasn't often. When he got to where he couldn't play any better than I could, the boss would throw him out, take my place behind the soda fountain, and have me play piano. The only way I could learn how to play a tune was to compose it myself and work it up, and the first one was Soda Fountain Rag.' The origin of Soda Fountain Rag (also known as Poodle Dog Rag) is discussed in Hasse and Tucker. Tucker makes the point that the year it was composed is uncertain. |
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1914 00 00 | . | Asbury Park, NJ | Plaza Hotel | Duke's summer job as a dishwasher led to visiting Philadelphia on his way home to hear pianist Harvey Brooks. Brooks taught him some techniques, and this seems to have stimulated Ellington's interest in music. AHL says he was 15, which places this event in 1914, but Vail says this was the summer of 1913. Tucker says 1913 or 1914. |
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1914 05 26 | . | St. Louis, Mo. | . | Birth of trumpeter Harold Jones "Shorty" Baker Chilton's 1972 Who's Who in Jazz dates his birth one year earlier, but The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz has 1914, as do many webpages. His Oct 16 1940 WWII draft registration card confirms he was born May 26, 1914 in St. Louis, Mo. and his mother's name was Fannie Merrit Baker. He was 5'2," 156 pounds and in Andy Kirk's band when he registered for the draft. |
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circa 1915 00 00 | . | . | . | 1915 EVENTS reported by Mr. Spring but not otherwise included in TDWAW in the year: Life event The Cambridge Companion chronology reports Ellington was nicknamed "Duke" by a friend in 1915. The author did not name his source. Steven Lasker: Source is Austin Lawrence, p.405: "Midyear 1915, Ellington's close friend Edgar McEntree dubs him "Duke" around this time, because of Ellington's sartorial elegance and his flashy piano playing. Lawrence's source is not identified. Hasse suggests 1913, "just before entering high school," and Ulanov says 1908. Ellington said it was about the time he started high school. If he meant Samuel H. Armstrong High School, Vail has him entering Armstrong in September 1913 and Ulanov has him there in February 1914 - see 1913 09 00 above. Ellington's own words therefore seem to suggest 1913/1914, but of course it is not certain. Mercer Ellington: 'My mother explained that he got his nickname through being so fastidious. He kept himself well clothed and always presented a neat appearance... It was the thing to do then to be smart and attractive, and if he had a patch on his pants, my mother said, the pants were nevertheless always pressed...' |
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1915 07 02 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of Ruth Ellington Biographical / Historical Note, NAMH Ruth Ellington Collection 'She attended elementary and junior high schools in the Washington Metropolitan area and finished her basic schooling in New York City ...graduated from ... Columbia University with a degree in biology. In 1941, Ellington established Tempo Music,... installing her as president of the company. ... Ruth's duties at Tempo included signing contracts, arranging some travel at Duke's request, and, most importantly, keeping Duke's music copyrighted. According to her own interview statement, she never arranged bookings. Other interests included hosting a Sunday salon for musicians, appearing at and listening to recording studio sessions once or twice a year, and keeping in touch with the older band members' wives. The older band members ... along with the earlier singers ... were like family to Ruth. After Duke's death ...Ruth maintained Tempo until 1995 when she sold 51% ... to a New York publishing firm, Music Sales.' Palmquist note:'Ruth's 1969 appointment book is in SI-NMAH Archive Center DEC301 Series 3G Box 116.' |
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1915 08 16 Monday | 2001 04 24 | Tyro, Miss. | . | Birth of singer Al Hibbler, who would join Ellington in either May or June, 1943 during the first Ellington residency at the Hurricane Restaurant, staying until September, 1951. DUKE ELLINGTON: ' Al Hibbler I met first in L. Rock Ark. I knew he was a singer but had never heard him sing. Our paths crossed from time to time until '43 we were playing the Hurricane Club... and Mary Lou Williams and Shorty Baker came up and told me that Al was downstairs in the Turf Club and that it was possible to maybe get him to sing for us. So I sent for him. They brought him up and he sang something. I naturally liked it - but the thought of adding to the payroll was of quite some concern and a smart business mind would not have considered it. But me - well, my ear makes my decision. So I said great - I like it - you just started work. It was much easier than I thought it would be because he has ears that see. He learned song after song and soon he was our major asset, truly a great investment both $ wise and the luxury of my ear was kept in deep fat - He had so many sounds he told of fantasy beyond fantasy.' AL HIBBLER:'He wouldn't let anybody touch me, he had a way of bringing me on stage, he called me, just do this, 'Walk towards me,' and I'd walk towards him. I'm the straightest walker you've ever seen in your life, and I'd walk to him, walk me out on stage and he'd take his shoulder and put it against mine and when we get to the mike, he just turn his shoulder like that and a lot of people actually believed I could see for a long time.' Ben Ratliffe's Hibbler obituary says he was born in Tyro, Miss. J.C. Marion, in Remembering Al Hibbler, has the family moving to Little Rock in 1927. |
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1915 10 11 Monday | 1915 10 15 | Washington, D.C. | American League Ball Park | Peripheral event W.E.B.Du Bois' 3 hour, 5 scene pageant The Star of Ethiopia, with 1,000 local actors and 200 choristers, was staged on Monday, Wednesday and Friday evenings of this week. The audience filled the grandstand and left field bleachers each night. The program said "The Story of the Pageant covers 10,000 years and more of the history of the Negro race and its work and suffering..." The Afro American Ledger's review says "The one idea that dominates the whole is that the Negro has a past of which he should be proud." Tucker says it isn't known if Ellington, then 16, attended but he worked at the ball park as a youngster and rehearsals were held at his school. |
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1915 11 29 Monday | 1967 05 31 | Dayton, Ohio | . | Birth of composer/arranger/pianist Billy Strayhorn. | Mary Pettis Sanford, Strayhorn, William (Billy) Thomas, Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, William S. Powell, ed., University of North Carolina Press, 1994 Published on NCpedia | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1916 00 00 | . | . | . | Peripheral event Before finishing high school (MIMM) or in his senior year (Tucker), Ellington was offered a scholarship to the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NJ, after winning a poster art competition. Marcus Girvan (http://ellingtonia.com) and Vail date this as 1916. |
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1916 05 16 | . | Birmingham, Ala. | . | Birth of trumpeter Wilbur "Dud" Bascomb | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2017-06-18 2021-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1916 09 12 | . | Greenville, S.C. | . | Birth of high note trumpet specialist William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson,
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1917 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | In 1917 Ellington was earning a living with music. Band personnel in 1917:
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1917 00 00 | . | . | . | The Cambridge Companion chronology says, without naming a source, that Ellington's band played with banjoist Elmer Snowden in 1917. Steven Lasker: Source is Austin Lawrence, p406: "Winter 1917, Arthur Whetsel on trumpet and Otto ("Toby") Hardwick on saxophone join Duke's teenage band. They also play with local banjoist Elmer Snowden." Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville 80, p.47 says "Elmer Snowden, bj, arrived in Washington, 1919; Sonny Greer, d, arrived late 1919" |
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1917 00 00 | . | . | . | The Cambridge Companion chronology says, without naming a source, that Ellington began a romance with Edna Thompson in 1917. Steven Lasker: Source is Austin Lawrence, p406: "Spring 1917, Duke drops out of high school, begins an affair with Edna Thompson, a neighborhood girl." This is consistent with Mercer Ellington:'They had met while he was still going to Armstrong, a kind of rough high school.' |
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1917 02 00 | . | . | . | Ellington drops out of school in February 1917, earns money painting posters and making music. |
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1917 03 16 Friday | . | Omaha, Neb. | . | Birth of Alvin Redrick "Junior" Raglin When he registered he lived in San Franciso, working for Veren Brown and Louie Verett at Club Alabam. The draft registration card has several changes of address over the next two years, and has a note dated May 22, 1942 saying "Leaving on Tour. Contact him when required thru wife in Los A". | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-17. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012 10 11 updated 2017-01-25 2017-06-18 2020-07-13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1917 04 06 Friday | 1918 11 11 | . | . | Peripheral event The United States declared war on Germany, entering the world war, which had been underway for nearly three years already. Vail I says Ellington, turning 18 that month, was too young to register for the draft. In 1917, the U.S. draft was for men between 21 and 30, and it was expanded to cover 18-45s in August 1918. Ellington registered the following month. | Wikipedia re Selective Service Act of 1917 | . | . | . | Lasker/djp | New added 2012-08-05 updated 2014-08-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1917 05 25 Friday | . | Dillon, S.C. | . | Birth of clarinetist/tenor sax man Jimmy Hamilton
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1917 06 05 Tuesday | . | Chicago, Ill. | . | Peripheral event On June 5, 1917 all American men between 21 and 30 were required to register for military service. Wellman Braud, future Ellington bassist, registered for this draft. His draft registration card, dated |
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1917 12 26 | . | Camden, N.J. | . | Birth of drummer George Edward "Butch" Ballard
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1918 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington gets a telephone and forms a band, The Duke's Serenaders. He advertises Irresistable Jass In 1918, he had several bands working in and around Washington. Dutton says the 1918 band personnel were
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1918 06 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event One June 5, 1918 all American men who had turned 21 after June 5, 1917 were required to register for military service. Frederick Guy, , future Ellington banjoist/guitarist, registered in this draft. His draft registration card, dated
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1918 07 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | Life event Ellington married Edna Thompson. Mercer wrote 'I was expected, out of wedlock, so my father and mother had to get together,'but if his March 11, 1919 birthdate is correct, he was born 252 days (8 months and 9 days) after the wedding. |
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1918 09 12 Thursday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | In August 1918 the U.S. draft expanded to cover ages 18 to 45. Edward Kennedy Ellington registered for the draft, having a home address of 1955 3rd St. N.W., Washington D.C. He is described as Negro, Native born, Height 5/11, Build Slender, Color of Eyes Brown, Color of Hair, Brown. He is shown as a messenger employed by the Federal Govt., at Chief Staff - War Dept. Wash. D.C. and his nearest relative is Edna C. Ellington at the same address. (Note he does not yet appear to have finished growing.) | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-08-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1918 10 05 | . | Chattanooga, Tenn. | . | Birth of bassist James Harvey ("Jimmie") Blanton who would join the band on November 3, 1939 after working in Fate Marable's band. See details at 1939 11 03 | U.S. Social Security Act application for account, IRS form SS-5, numbered 086-12-5203, signed Nov. 22, 1939. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 2014-10-07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1918 11 24 | . | Glasgow, Mo. | . | Birth of William Strethen"Wild Bill" Davis | Email, S.Lasker 2017-06-17. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-11 2017-06-18 2021-03-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | 1919 band personnel per Dutton:
Sonny Greer arrived in late 1919, playing in the Howard Theatre, and became friends with Ellington. Harry White, trombone, "c," saxes, occasionally gigged with Duke around this time. The "c" likely means cornet. Chilton lists his instruments as trombone, saxes, and cornet, and describes him as a composer and arranger as well; Rosenkrantz says he was a multi-instrumentalist. See the discussion in 1929 about his work with Ellington at the Cotton Club before Juan Tizol was hired. |
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Circa 1919 09 20 | . | Washington, D.C. | 2728 Sherman Ave. | Ellington's home from 1919 to 1922 was 2728 Sherman according to a plaque on the house. This agrees with the Ellington family 1920 U.S. Census entry, enumerated REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS |
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1919 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington studies harmony with Henry L. Grant. According to PBS, Grant was one of Washington's most important black musicians. He studied music at New York University and was one of the first graduates of the Washington Conservatory of Music, was director of the Washington Conservatory of Music, and in 1919 helped found the National Association of Negro Musicians. | . | . | . | djp | (New) added 2013-06-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 03 11 Tuesday | . | . | . | Life event Birth of first Ellington baby The young Edward and Edna Ellington's first and only surviving child, Mercer Kennedy Ellington, was born. Mercer: 'After a short spell with my father and mother, I was left with my grandfather and grandmother in Washington, while they went off to New York. Thus my relationship with my parents was rather remote except during the summers, when I would go to New York for two or three months. I guess this went on for about eight years, because I was nine when they definitely separated.' |
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1919 03 12 Wednesday | . | Camp Meade, Md. (Camp Meade is not to be confused with similarly named camps in other locations. It was segregated and built in 1917 near Annapolis Junction, about 30 miles northwest of Annapolis and more or less 20 miles north-northeast of Washington, on the way to Baltimore.) | Colored hostess house near Midway station. | 'The Headquarters Sanitary Corps, self-named "The Briar Boys," ... gave a very creditable entertainment and dance Wednesday, March 12, at the colored hostess house, near the Midway station. | Trench and Camp, Camp Meade Edition 1919-03-27 p.4 courtesy Arne Neegaard, 2023 | . | . | . | . | New added 2023-09-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 03 15 | 2017 11 22 | Armavir, Russia | . | Birth of George Avakian, who would become head of Columbia Records' popular music division and who would produce records for many of the greats, including Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong and, of course, Duke Ellington. . | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2017-11-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 05 30 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Odd Fellows Hall 1606 M St. N.W. | 'Come out Decoration Day with | Clipping, WAshington Tribune 1919-05-24 reprinted in Ellingtonia, the Newsletter of the Duke Ellington Society, November 2001 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2015-10-06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1919 06 06 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Center Market Colosseum Ninth St. & Pennsylvania Ave. | BY THE NEW MASONIC HALL COPROORATION |
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1919 11 04 Tuesday | 1974 01 26 | Atlantic City, N.J. | . | Birth of bassist Joe Benjamin. | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-11-04 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Vail I has Ellington meeting Sonny Greer this year, and learning Greer and Ellington met the previous year. | Vail I | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-06-03 2019-08-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920 00 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Life event Birth of second Ellington baby Various sources say Edna and Duke Ellington had a second baby in 1920 but it died in infancy. This tragedy is not mentioned in either Duke's autobiography nor Mercer's biography of his father, but in her March 1959 Ebony magazine interview at page 134, Edna said: 'Then the second baby came. It was too close to the first and died.' |
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1920 01 07 | . | Washington, D.C. | 2728 Sherman Ave. | Place of residence: The 1920 U.S. Census, enumerated Jan. 7 1920, has Edward K. Ellington, Edna C. Ellington and Mercer K. Ellington living at 2728 Sherman Avenue. Their household included three lodgers. | Fourteenth Census of the United Sttes: 1920-Population, Washington City, Precinct No. 10 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2019-08-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920 01 09 Friday | . | Wilmington, Del. | . | Birth of singer Betty Roché (1920 01 19 - 1999 02 16) Lasker: 'Mary Elizabeth Roach was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and raised in Atlantic City from the age of six until she was fourteen. She won an amateur contest at the Apollo Theatre in New York at seventeen (per liner notes to Bethlehem Records BCP-64.) Ellington suggested her stage name.' |
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1920 01 19 Monday | . | United States | . | Peripheral event Prohibition became law throughout the United States in January 1920, banning the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages. Repealed in December 1933, prohibition undoubtedly had an impact on the entertainment industry and Ellington's life. The Cotton Club, for example, was owned by gangster Owney Madden and thrived. Ellington's lengthy engagement in that club made him famous nationally. | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-07-30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920 01 24 | . | St. Louis, Mo. | . | Birth of James Robert (Jimmy) Forrest (1920 01 24 -1980 08 26), tenor sax with Ellington from May 1949 to February 1950. In 1951 he recorded a single, Night Train, which became a hit in 1952. It uses a theme from Ellington's Happy-Go-Lucky Local, which in turn used a theme from That's the Blues, Old Man. Forrest's surname is spelled with only one "r" on the United label of Night Train. |
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1920 02 16 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Odd Fellows' [sic] Hall M street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets northwest | The Washington Bee: 'The Strollers will give the greatest ball that has ever been held in this city at Odd Fellows' Hall, M street between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets northwest, on Monday evening, February 16th, featuring three halls, five orchestras and five entertainers. The orchestras are: Howard Theater Orchestra, Joe Rochester's Orchestra, of Baltimore; Miss Gertrude Well's Society Jazz; 351st Jazz Band, recently returned from France, and Duke Ellington's Society Jazz. Continuous music; no intermission. One price will admit guests to the three halls. Entree, 60 cents. Dancing from 8 p.m. t 1 a.m.' | The Washington Bee, Washington, D.C. 1920-02-07 p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2020-09-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 03 19 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Date of Greer's first gig with Ellington. | Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, as above, citing
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1920 07 12 Monday | . | Brockton, Mass. | . | Birth of tenor sax star Paul Gonsalves, who died May 15, 1974 in England. His body was returned to the United States and rested in the same funeral home as that of Tyree Glenn. Ellington died in the early morning of May 24, and for a few minutes that day, all three were in the same funeral home. Mercer Ellington: 'You had to wage psychological battles to get things done. I had to prod [Duke] to decision through disagreement. The State Department report of Paul's death said his remains were transported by air to the funeral home on May 21, 1974 and named his wife, Mrs. Jo Anne Gonsalves, and his children, Marlena and Paul Jr. |
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1920 09 06 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Dunbar High School | The Washington Bee: 'Mr. Jay Clifford is featuring Duke Ellington's Jazzers at Dunbar High School September 6.' | The Washington Bee, Washington, D.C. 1920-09-04 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2020-09-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 09 13 Monday | . | Fairmount Heights, Md. | New Fairmount Park | Reception and dance in honour of the club, patrons and friends of the park. 'The music for Monday night, the 13th, will be furnished by DUKE ELLINGTON assisted by DOC PERRY... ' | Washington Bee, 1920-09-11, p.4 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-09-05 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 10 24 Sunday | . | St. Louis, Mo. | . | Birth of Wendell Lewis Marshall, (1920 10 24 - 2002 02 06), bassist. Wendell was a first cousin of Jimmie Blanton. He told Down Beat: 'When Jimmy [sic] left St. Louis, he left a bass behind - a little half-sized fiddle. It lay around for about half a year, and the more Jimmy played with Duke, the more my interest in that bass grew. I picked it up finally and for six months practiced with the radio and with records, and then I played some non-union gigs at school. I joined the union in December, 1941, and I got with Lionel Hampton about that time. My being hired by Hampton was more or less a publicity stunt, I guess, because I was Jimmy's cousin - I'd only been playing about seven months. I stayed three or four months with Hampton, then went back to school...' Wendell was hired for Mercer Ellington's orchestra in 1948 and after four months, transferred to the Duke Ellington Orchestra. When he was in Duke's orchestra, he played Blanton's full-sized European-made bass which Jimmie's mother gave him after Jimmie's death.Additional information in Marshall's obituary:
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1920 11 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Central Coliseum | 'Duke Ellington's Orchestra will render the melodies for the breakfast prom at the Central Coliseum in honor of the Lincoln boys.' No other information has been found. This may have been a morning dance November 25 in honour of the Lincoln University football team which was to play a Thanksgiving Day afternoon game against Howard University, but that is just a guess. | The Washington Bee, Washington, D.C. 1920-11-20 p.3 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2023-09-22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1920 12 05 | . | Evanston, Ill. | . | Birth of Kay Davis Miss Davis studied voice and piano at Northwestern University, where she received her bachelor's degree in 1942 and her masters in 1943. Kay was featured in high, wordless vocals. She joined Ellington in 1944 and in 1948 accompanied Ellington and Ray Nance to the U.K. and Continent as a cabaret act. She stayed in the band until it finished its 1950 European tour. Vail has her leaving the band July 14, 1950, without naming a source. Davis was interviewed by Dr. Marcia Greenlee for the Smithsonian's oral history. She described her departure: '... While she said she flew back, she is on the passenger list for the 1950 return voyage by sea. Miss Davis married Chicago accountant Lt. Col. Edward D. Wimp, Jr. on July 24, 1950. Some early 1951 concert announcements show she was to sing, but this is yet to be confirmed; it may be that her name appears because the publicity packages were sent out before she left the band. Kay told one source who prefers not to be named that Duke invited her to sing in a concert but didn't use her although she appeared. |
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1920 12 14 | . | . | . | Birth of trumpeter Clark Terry (1920 12 14 – 2015 02 21 | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2015-02-24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921 00 00 | . | Washington D.C. | . | Elmer Snowden's undated introduction to Rex Stewart, printed in Boy Meets Horn by Rex Stewart, edited by Claire P. Gordon, says: "I first knew Rex in Washington, D.C. that was back in 1920, and I had just about the most popular band in town, in my band was Otto - Hardwick, Art Whetsel, Eddie Ellington, who became known as "Duke Ellington," later. '...Going back to 1921, when I was one of the seven young members of Ollie Blackwell's clowns, I stayed in music all my life. 1921 was a momentous year for us members of Ollie Blackwell's Ragtime Clowns because we were actually part of a show! ... | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-02-25 2015-07-03 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921 01 10 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Stoddard Baptist Home | Life event Duke Ellington's paternal grandfather, James Ellington, resident of the District for more than forty years, died Monday at Stoddard Baptist Home. The Washington Times obituary said he was born in 1833 but the "Deaths Reported" column of the Evening Star gave his age as 90. The funeral was to be Thursday afternoon at John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church. He was survived by five daughters and threee sons. |
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1921 03 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Ellington was still painting signs and posters for a living in late 1920 or early 1921. In January 1921, a young lady, Carrie or Clara Johnson, was found guilty of manslaughter for killing a police detective who broke into her home during Washington's 1919 race riot. Her lawyer filed a motion for a new trial and the Pollyanna Club, young women, mostly schoolteachers in D.C., held a fashion show to raise money for her defence. In March 1921 the Pollyanna Club posted a financial report detailing the expenses, which showed it paid $9 and $8 to "Duke" Ellington for handpainted placards and slides, respectively. While "Doc" Perry was paid $135 for the music, there is nothing in the report to suggest Ellington played in his group during this gig. |
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1921 03 10 Monday | . | A number of sources say Ellington and Sonny Greer went to New York in March 1921. The reports appear to have originated with Greer. While he and Duke may have gone to New York, the event as described could not have taken place until 1923. -see 1923 03 00 below.
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1921 09 30 Friday | . | Annapolis, Md. | Assembly Rooms This most likely was City Ballroom or Assembly Room(s), 150 Duke of Gloucester Street | Dance: |
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1921 10 24 Monday | . | Annapolis, Md. | Assembly Rooms | Colored Dance The return of Duke Ellington's Jazz Bandits. | The Evening Capital/The Maryland Gazette, Annapolis, Md. 1921-09-29 p.1 courtesy Steve Bowie directly and via Ken Steiner | . | . | . | Steven Bowie in Facebook | New added 2020-08-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1921 11 25 Friday | . | Washington, D.C. | Convention Hall | "The 20th Century Jazz Revue" A capacity audience crowded Convention Hall. Duke Ellington's Wild Cats, Elmer Snowden's Eccentric Serenaders and James P. Johnson, "piano wizard of New York City," were among the performers. Steven Lasker: Scott Brown posted this on the Jazz Research list today [2021-04-19]. It answers the question (posed by John Hasse) of when James P. Johnson's piano roll of Carolina Shout was recorded..... 'James P. signed his contract with QRS on January 10, 1921. I suspect this is when he sat for the famous publicity photo with him seated at an upright with head turned to the camera. He signed several copies "James P. Johnson 1921." In an interview in 1947, J. Russel Robinson, who had been on the QRS staff for several years before Johnson, recalled he was in the recording laboratory with Johnson when he recorded "Carolina Shout." Although Robinson doesn't give the date, he comments that "CS" was Johnson's first roll for QRS. According to Mike Montgomery, the first five Johnson rolls were released in May. They were all advertised as upcoming releases in the January 29, 1921 Chicago Defender, complete with catalog numbers and indicating they had already been recorded. The ad announced Johnson as the first African American pianist to be added to QRS as staff pianist.
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1922 00 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Moulin Rouge, 48th and Broadway | (Unconfirmed) Floyd G. Snelson's column in the April 15, 1939 edition of The New York Age, page 7, says Snelson first heard Duke Ellington at the Moulin Rouge in 1922. Ken Steiner writes '...there's been no documentation found of this event. Sonny Greer did recall a trip to NY prior to the Sweatman gig (mentioned in Steven Lasker's Washingtonians Miscellany), perhaps this is what Floyd [Snelson] was referring to?' According to "New York Songlines," this club was in the basement of 1580 Broadway, under the Palais Royale. Later the corner was the location of the second Cotton Club. | Email, Steiner/Palmquist 2014-10-30. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-10-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 00 00 | 1947 00 00 | . | . | Personnel change According to his obituary, Jerry Rhea became Ellington's personal assistant in 1922 and held the post for 25 years. See 1902 02 26 above. | . | . | . | . | djp | New added 2022-10-17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 04 24 Monday | . | Muskogee, Okla. | . | Birth of Aaron Bell (1922 04 24 – 2003 07 28), bass player with Ellington from April 12, 1960 to November 1962. Quoted by Steve Voce: 'When I was with Duke I learned an awful lot. I had four degrees, but I always tell anyone that I learned more at the School of Ellington than at any of the other schools.' Bell's obituary, reprinted in DEMS, says he had a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Arts degree, and that in 1970 until the early 1990s, he taught at Essex College in Newark, N.J., becoming chair of its performing arts department in 1977.His mother was a music teacher, and all 9 of her children took piano lessons. Bell played tuba in his school band, and took up string bass at Xavier University. He was enrolled in a liberal arts programme with a music major and language minors in German and French, and wrote arrengements for the college band. After finishing at Xavier in 1943, Aaron spent 4 years in the navy, serving in a band at Peru, Indiana. He joined Ellington in Las Vegas in 1960. | Stanley Dance: The World of Duke Ellington, pp.202-209 | . | DEMS 03/3-1 | . | djp | New added 2016-08-21 updated 2018-07-29 2020-02-17 2023-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 06 12 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | E. Madison Hall paddle steamer | The Chicago Defender: 'Washington, June 16 – ... | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-06-17 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 06 17 Saturday | . | Washington, D.C. | E. Madison Hall paddle steamer | The Chicago Defender: 'The government employees' first half holiday and outing picnic to Riverview, Md., on the steamer E. Madison Hall, was held on Saturday, June 17. Duke Ellington's Serenaders and Sonny Grier's [sic] Jazzers furnished the necessary syncopation for pedal undulation on the decks. The promoters were Charles S. Johnson, C. Young, Frank Holiday and W.A. Graves, supervisor. ' | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-06-24 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 06 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 06 21 Wednesday | . | Catonsville, Md. | Greenwood Electric Park Winters Avenue | (Unconfirmed) A Grand Musical Exhibition and Dance...Two Orchestras
| Ad, Afro-American 1922-06-16 | . | . | . | DJP per Hoffman's Ellington file | New added 2013-01-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 08 00 | . | Washington, D.C. | Lincoln Theatre | During an August 1922 appearance in Washington, New York song-writer/publisher Clarence Williams met Ellington. Williams assured Duke he could make it in New York. | Tucker, Early Years, p.80, citing a 1950 Williams interview by Ed Kirkeby | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-02-09 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 08 28 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Murray's casino | The Chicago Defender: 'Monday night, G. Frank Jones presented the "Frivolities of 1922" at the Murray's casion. The hub of the evening was Mayo Anderson's jazzists, Lula Whidby, formerly of the Creole Follies; Blondina Brown, the human nightingale, and Duke Ellington, the ragtime king.' | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-09-02 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 08 29 Tuesday | . | Stockholm, Sweden | . | Birth of trumpeter Rolf Ericson (1922 08 29 - 1997 06 16)
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1922 09 30 Saturday | . | Okmulgee, Okla. | . | Bassist Oscar Pettiford (1922 09 30 - 1960 09 08) was born on an Indian reservation at Okmulgee. | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2017-06-18 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-10 updated 2017-06-20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922 10 15 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 16 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 19 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 20 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 21 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 22 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 23 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 24 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 25 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 25 Wednesday | . | Washington, D.C. | Home of Juan and Rosie Tizol | Peripheral event The Evening Star: 'Eighty-four gallons of whisky were found at 1627 5th street northwest Wednesday night when members of the District vice squad and revenue agents raided the place. Juan Tizol, a Porto Rican, and his colored wife, Rosie Tizol, were arrested and charged with owning the liquor. |
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1922 10 26 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 27 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 28 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 29 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 30 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 10 31 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 01 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 02 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 03 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 04 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 05 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 06 Monday | . | Washington, D.C. | Fishermen temple | The Chicago Defender: 'A Blue Monday dance was held at the Fishermen temple last Monday in the shape of the big timers' revue. Eva Jackson, entertainer de luxe, and the Oriental jazzers, "Duke" Ellington, Sterling Conway, Harry Conway and Sonny Gree, [sic] dispensed the evening's musical attractions.' | J. Le Count Chestnut, Under the Capitol Dome The Chicago Defender (Nat'l Ed.), Chicago, Ill. 1922-11-11 p.19 courtesy of Steven Bowie | . | . | . | Steven Bowie, August 2021 | New Added 2021-08-16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 07 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 08 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 09 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 10 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 11 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 12 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 13 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 14 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 15 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 16 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 17 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 18 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 18 Saturday | . | . | . | Peripheral event In New York City, Sara Martin acc. by her Brown-Skin Syncopators record two titles, both rejected: "I Loved You Once but You Stayed Away too Long" and 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do." Personnel as listed in Rust's "Jazz Records," presumably as noted on the Columbia Records matrix cards: Arthur Whetsel, t; Claude Hopkins, p; Elmer Snowden, bj. | Email, Lasker-Palmquist 2015-09-06 | . | . | . | sl | New added 2015-11-26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 19 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 20 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 21 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 22 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 23 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 24 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 25 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 26 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 27 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 28 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 29 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 11 30 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 01 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 02 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 03 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 08 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 09 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 12 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 22 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 25 Monday Christmas Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 26 Tuesday Boxing Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 27 Wednesday | . | Washington, D.C. | Armstrong High School | (Unconfirmed) The 1922-12-30 edition of the New York Age reported 'On Wednesday evening last, the evening classes of Armstrong High School under the directorship of C. W. Childs. Jr.. and Principal J. P. Taylor held their Yuletide exercises. The program consisted of an exhibition of work of various classes in art and sciences. Dancing in the gymnasium with music by Duke Ellington was an enjoyable feature. ' Webmaster comment: The performance date may have been 1922 12 27 (indicated by the wording and timing of the article) or if Christmas holidays were in effect, perhaps the previous Wednesday. It seems likely Yuletide exercises would occur before Christmas rather than after. | Agusti??n Perez Gasco, citing the "Washington D.C." column in the "News Of New York State" section, New York Age, 1922-12-30, p.3 | . | . | . | APG - email 2012-08-23 | New added 2013-01-15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 29 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 30 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 12 31 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . |
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1923 00 00 . | . | . | . | Overview of early 1923
First work in New York – Wilbur C. Sweatman
Willie (The Lion) Smith, James P. Johnson and |
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1923 01 01 Monday | 1923 01 20 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 01 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 03 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 04 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 05 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 06 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 07 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 08 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 09 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 10 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 11 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 12 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 13 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 14 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 15 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 16 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 17 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 18 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 19 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 20 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 21 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
circa 1923 01 21 Sunday | Circa 1923 01 31 Wednesday | Washington D.C. | Samaritan temple | Since "last week" in Mr. Chestnut's February 2 column could mean the week beginning Sunday January 21 or Sunday January 22, this event is tentatively dated between the 21st and the end of the month. The Chicago Defender: 'Washington D.C. Feb. 2– |
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1923 01 22 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 22 Monday | 1923 01 27 Saturday or circa 1923 02 03 Friday | Washington D.C. | Howard Theater | Ellington first encountered soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet when Bechet played the title role in the 65-member "How Come" revue at the Howard Theater in late January or possibly early February. Bechet would play in The Washingtonians in the summer of 1924 and earlier, living in Boston, he influenced the young future Ellingtonians Johnny Hodges and Harry Carney. S. Lasker: According to John Chilton ("Sidney Bechet, The Wizard of Jazz," p. 56), Sidney Bechet played "How Come, a Chinese laundryman who happened to be a brilliant jazz improvisor" in the show "How Come." "The show's booking at the Howard Theatre provided one young Washingtonian, Duke Ellington, with his first hearing of Bechet. It left an indelible impression on him, which he recalled almost 50 years later: 'My first encounter with the New Orleans idiom came when I heard Sidney Bechet in my hometown. I have never forgotten the power and imagination with which he played.' (Quote from MIMM, p. 417)
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1923 01 23 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 25 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 26 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 27 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 28 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 29 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 01 30 Tuesday | . | Washington, D.C. | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 01 31 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
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1923 02 01 Thursday | 1923 02 11 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 02 02 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 03 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 04 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 05 Monday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 06 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 07 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 08 Thursday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 09 Friday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 10 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 11 Sunday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1923 02 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 02 13 Tuesday | 1923 02 27 Tuesday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 02 28 Wednesday | . | . | activities not documented
On this date, the New York Clipper carried this brief announcement: 'SWEATMAN IN NEW ACT ![]() S. Lasker: 'Wilbur Sweatman recalled that he and Duke Ellington never recorded together, which contradicts a claim by banjoist Mike Danzi ("American Musician in Germany, 1924-39," Schmitten, Germany, 1986) that he and Ellington played together on Sweatman's Gennett recording of "Battleship Kate," of which a rejected/lost version was made circa 1924-08-12 and a remake version on 1924-09-20. The pianist on the latter side (Gennett 5584-B) doesn't sound like Ellington to me.' |
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1923 03 01 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 02 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 03 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 04 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 05 Monday | 1923 03 11 | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre 132nd St. & 7th Ave. Harlem | Midnight Frolic Friday Matinee every day Continous/Sunday from 2 to 11 (1 to 11 per Lasker) Wilbur Sweatman Band An ad in the Amsterdam News announced WILBER C. SWEATMAN
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1923 03 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 08 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Circa 1923 03 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Busoni's Balconades (or Balconnades) Ballroom |
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1923 03 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Lafayette Theatre | see 1923 03 05 |
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1923 03 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 13 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 14 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 15 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 16 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 17 Saturday St. Patrick's Day | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 19 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 20 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 21 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 22 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 23 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 24 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 25 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 26 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 27 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 28 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 29 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 30 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 03 31 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
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1923 04 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 02 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 05 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 06 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 07 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 10 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 11 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 12 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 13 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 14 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 15 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 16 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 17 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 18 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 19 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 20 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 21 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 22 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 23 Monday | 1923 04 28 Saturday | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | (Unconfirmed) Vaudeville Berresford speculates that Ellington, Greer and Hardwick were still with Wilbur Sweatman, because the Chicago Defender said Sweatman with his assisting Syncopators appeared at the Grand for this week. | Mark Berresford: That's Got 'Em!: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman p.136, citing Chicago Defender 1923-03-31 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 24 Tuesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 25 Wednesday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 26 Thursday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 27 Friday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 28 Saturday | . | Philadelphia, Penn. | Grand Theater | Unconfirmed - see 1923 04 23 | . | . | . | . | djp | added 2012-12-08 | ||
1923 04 29 Sunday Ellington's birthday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 04 30 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
May 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 05 01 Tuesday | 1923 05 31 Thursday | . | . | Activities this month are not documented - Ellington, Hardwick and Greer may have been back in Washington, working with Elmer Snowden | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
June 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 06 01 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 06 02 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 03 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 04 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 07 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 08 Friday | . | Baltimore, Md. | Wonderland Amusement Park Cherry Hill Ave. [recte Rd.] west of Hanover St. | Elmer Snowden's Jazz Kings This entry may only be a peripheral event, since there is no evidence that Ellington, Hardwick, Whetsel or Greer were involved. They do not appear to have worked with Snowden before the move to New York. |
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1923 06 09 Saturday | 1923 06 30 Saturday | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||
1923 06 10 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 11 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 12 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 14 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 15 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 16 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 17 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 18 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 21 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
Circa 1923 06 22 Friday | . | Atlantic City, N.J. | Music Box | Activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box. Steven Lasker: 'Per Abel Green, The New York Clipper (1923-11-23, p. 24; reprinted in The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, p. 16): 'They [The Washingtonians] are well known in several southern places and were at the Music Box, Atlantic City, the past summer.' Charters and Kunstadt, also Mark Tucker, date the Music Box engagement to late June without offering additional evidence (no such evidence is in the historical record), but assuming the band's engagement at Barron's Exclusive Club began in early July, followed by their employment at the Hollywood Cabaret from the last day in August, late June is the only part of summer when the Washingtonians were at liberty to work in Atlantic City. ' |
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1923 06 23 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 24 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 25 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 28 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 29 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
1923 06 30 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented, but possibly working at the Music Box | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||
July 1923 | ||||||||||||
1923 07 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Shortly before the Exclusive Club engagement, the band is reported to have auditioned for the Everglades Club at 48th and Broadway. | Frank Dutton, Birth of a Band, Storyville #91, Oct-Nov 1980, citing Stanley Dance, The World of Swing pp.50-51 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2014-03-26 | ||
Circa 1923 07 00 | Circa 1923 08 00 | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club 198 W. 134th St (Harlem) | The exact dates of this residency are unknown. If the band came to New York directly after the Baltimore engagement on June 8, and if Snowden's claim to have told the club owner that the Washingtonians had been in New York for five weeks is true, the Exclusive Club engagement may have started around July 21. It might have started before Ellington was hired at Connie's Inn, though, if Beresford is right: 'Harper needed a daytime rehearsal pianist ... and found the ideal candidate working at Harlem celebrity and club owner Barron Wilkin's nightclub, Club Barron–none other than Duke Ellington.' See also S.Lasker: 'Per Barry Ulanov, "Duke Ellington," p. 34: 'New York Morning Telegraph, 1926 03 24, p. 2 (Courtesy of Ken Steiner): While Snowden said the band stayed six months, since it opened at the Hollywood at the end of August this webpage assumes the engagement ended in August, possibly (but not likely) as late as August 30. There may have been some downtime in late August to allow for Hollywood rehearsals. Club owner Barron Wilkins hired the Snowden band on Ada (Bricktop) Smith's recommendation. They replaced the house band that was paid out for 2 weeks, so they only received tips for those weeks. Tips were lucrative, but hours were long - from 11 pm to 10 or 11 am. Ellington: 'Everybody seemed to like us at Barron's, and at that time there were no other organized bands in Harlem. We were only five, but we had arrangements on everything, and it was what we've now named conversation music, kind of soft and gutbucket. We were Toby, Whetsol, Sonny, Snowden and myself, and we let Snowden handle the business... Greer: 'It was a popular club. But the guys didn't really start hanging out there as a bunch until we came because he had never really heard anybody like us. So the word spread and they come down there. The place was so packed they couldn't accomodate all the musicians trying to come in. And a one-set rule that we had at the time, we were paid for entertaining so we couldn't let just anybody walk in there and play. Bricktop ... was the hostess there ... she got us the job ... and the business tripled overnight. So all the musicians, our friends, they'd come in. He never turned them away but as far as playing they come to listen...nobody that played like us. Six pieces sounded like 12, and we played so smooth, we were never loud...We went down there in July and stayed the whole summer." Elmer Snowden: '...we ran across the woman that we used to work with in Washington... called 'Bricktop'...and she was so surprised to see us in New York, and she said, 'What you doing here?' So I told her the story. |
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1923 07 01 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 02 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 03 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 04 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 05 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 06 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 07 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 08 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 16 Monday | 1923 07 21 Saturday. | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington may have worked during the day for Leonard Harper. He was hired to be the rehearsal pianist during the daytime for the Leonard Harper show that was to open July 21 at the new Connie's Inn. The dates he played for the rehearsals are not known; presumably it would have been most of this week. Tucker: 'At Connie's, while working with seasoned professional entertainers, Ellington began learning first-hand about the musical strucure of revues. ' |
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1923 07 16 Mpnday | 1923 07 21 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
circa 1923 00 00 . | . | . | . | Life event The Cambridge Companion says Duke's wife Edna moved to New York in 1923 where she worked at Connie's Inn as a showgirl. The author did not provide a source but it is not inconsistent with Mercer Ellington's comments, although Mercer's comments may indicate it was some time earlier: 'After a short spell with my father and mother, I was left with my grandfather and grandmother in Washington, while they went off to New York...' Steven Lasker identifies the source as Austin Lawrence, p.407: "July 1923: Ellington hired as rehearsal pianist for a revue opening at Connie's Inn on the 21st; Ellington's wife, Edna, demands to come to New York and is soon hired at Connie's Inn as a showgirl.' |
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1923 07 17 Tuesday | 1923 07 21 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 17 Tuesday | 1923 07 21 Saturday | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington likely worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist - see | . | . | . | . | djp | 2012-11-26 updated 2021-02-28 | ||
1923 07 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Connie's Inn | Ellington may have worked during the day as the Connie's Inn rehearsal pianist if there was a rehearsal on the opening day of Leonard Harper's revue. Peripheral event Connie's Inn, at or below the Lafayette Theatre, opened on this date. The first revue was a Leonard Harper production, with Wilbur Sweatman's Jazz Kings. The New York Age waged a campaign protesting the opening of Connie's Inn and other booze joints in Harlem. In its Nov. 3 edition, it said the cabaret was in the basement of the Lafayette Hall building, not in the Lafayette Theatre building. |
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1923 07 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 26 Thursday | . | Manhattan New York, N.Y. | Victor Talking Machine Co. studio 28 W.44th St. | Victor trial recording session Snowden's Novelty Orchestra Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer Title recorded: Home Steven Lasker: ' The files show no matrix number for this recording, and offer no evidence that it was ever processed into a metal part or test-pressed from one. ' Lasker, in DEMS 96/2-7:'The Victor Talking Machine Company's "Recording Book" for 1923 ... documents a session by "Snowden's Nov. Orch." ... 26 July 1923, and produced one "trial" title: "HOME." While the ledger is silent as to personnel present, bandleader Elmer Snowden recalled them as the original Washingtonians: Whetsel, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden and Greer. (As to the exact number of men, Snowden's own retellings disagreed; "five" to Stanley Dance (The World of Swing) but "six" to Les Muscutt (Storyville 16, April-May 1968)... Maceo Pinkard was the first to take me to a studio ...so it is possible he was present during this session. |
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1923 07 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 07 31 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
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1923 08 01 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 02 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 03 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 04 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 05 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 06 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 07 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 08 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 09 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 10 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 11 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 12 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 13 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 14 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 15 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 16 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 17 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 18 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 19 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 20 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 21 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 22 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 23 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-01-10 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 24 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 25 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Premier Grand Piano Co. 510 W. 23 St. | Ellington and his orchestra made its first known radio appearance on WDT at midday. Who was in this orchestra isn't known. Ken Steiner describes WDT as a short-lived (1921-23) radio station owned by the Ship Owners' Radio Service, broadcasting one or two hours a day from the Premier Grand Piano Company and managed by actress, singer and radio personality Vaughan De Leath, the "Original Radio Girl."
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1923 08 25 | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 26 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 27 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 28 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 29 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 30 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Barron's Exclusive Club ? | Activities not documented, but possibly working at Barron's - see | . | . | . | . | . | updated 2021-10-25 | ||
1923 08 31 Friday | circa 1926 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret a.k.a
(Times Square) This webpage uses "Hollywood Cabaret," the operating name shown in 1924 in an affidavit sworn by a U.S.Treasury Agent. | This appears to be a "soft opening," more or less a dry run before the announced opening on Sept. 1 (see 1923 09 01 below) CREOLE REVUE OPENS AT NEW HOLLYWOOD New Show Promises to Last Through Winter at Prominent Broadway Restaurant A new Autumn revue was presented at the New Hollywood Restaurant, 208 West Forty-ninth street, entitled the "Creole Revue." It has come directly from the Empire Theatre in London and promises to last well after the snow flies. (emphasis added)Some colored girls furnished liveliness by their songs and dances and did justice to the production of Leonard Harper, who staged the review. Mr. Harper again demonstrated his skill in managing musical miniature shows in the "Creole Revue." The cast boasts of Johnny Vigal, Brooks & White, Cassie Ward and many others not unknown to the frequenters of cabarets. The music was written especially for the production by Elmer Snowden, who led the Washington jazz band at the opening performance Friday night. The Hollywood Restaurant, one of the most prominent on Broadway, is under the management of Leo Bernstein, who is assisted by his partners, Frank Jerrie and George Hammond. The trio has gone to considerable expense to make the show a success.' | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1924-09-02 p.5 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2018-01-08 | ||
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1923 09 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | "In September 1923, The Billboard reported (Maceo Pinkard) had placed the (The Washingtonians) with the Victor record company..." | M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p.104 | . | . | . | . | New added 2012-01-09 | ||
Circa 1923 09 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change Ellington: "Whetsol [sic] left us and went back to Howard University to study medicine. Bubber Miley was still young then, but we had him join. Our band changed its character when Bubber came in. He used to growl all night long, playing gut-bucket on his horn. That was when we decided to forget all about the sweet music." Hardwick:"...Whetsel went back to Howard University and we needed a good man. We wanted Miley...He was playing at a little place uptown and was happy there, so he stalled us off, thinking that if and when Whetsel came back, we'd let him go. One night after we finished work, we went up to Harlem, got Bubber stiff, and when he came to he was in a tuxedo growling at the Hollywood..." New York Evening Telegram:"Vincent Lopez was a recent visitor to the Hollywood and was unstinting in his praise of the cornetist of Elmer Snowden's Washington Black Dot Orchestra, 'Bub' Miley. Mr. Lopez said he is one of the best he has ever heard. 'And we opine that Mr. Lopez is some judge,' Snowden remarked with considerable pride in his voice." New Desor has Bubber Miley and Charlie Irvis joining the band in 1924, based on band recordings, the first of which was in 1924. Since Howard University's academic year probably began in September, it seems likely Whetsel left the band that month, with Bubber joining shortly thereafter. | Steven Lasker, The Washingtonians: A Miscellany, privately published, 2006, quoting
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circa 1923 09 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Quote from Ellington during his 1953 01 26 WLAW Boston interview with Nat Hentoff. 'We had this six-piece band. I used to go kind of everyday to one of the big movie houses on Broadway where they had symphony orchestras then and listen to the symphony orchestras play this beautiful lush music and then go back down to the cellar to my own six pieces and try to make 'em sound like that. (Laughs.)' | Interview extract, courtesy S. Lasker 2016-04-26 | . | . | djp | New added 2016-04-26 | |||
1923 09 01 Saturday | 1923 11 07 Friday | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Opening night for the Hollywood and premiere of Leonard Harper's "Cleo Revue;" "Three shows nightly at 9 PM, 11:30 PM and 1:30 AM staged and produced by Mr. Joe Ward. The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader." "Elmer Snowden's Washingtonian Black Dot orchestra will furnish music during dinner and supper, as well as for dancing." Ellington recalled WHN radio broadcast their music every night after 2 a.m. Sonny Greer: "...We had six chorus girls in the show...The floorshow also included Johnny Hudgins...Joe Smith, the trumpet player, worked with him, and Joe did the talking on trumpet, using his hand as a mute. The M.C. was Bert Lewis and in between the shows he would come out and do an act with Fats Waller as his accompanist. "This colored band is plenty torrid and includes a trumpet player who never need doff his chapeau to any cornetist in the business. He exacts the eeriest sort of modulation and 'singing' notes heard...The band is the sole feature up to midnight, when Harpers's Dixie Revue goes on, reappearing again at 2 a.m. "...I'd ...catch the first show at the Kentucky Club...the bandstand was up under the sidewalk in a corner. The bandsmen had to walk up three stone steps to get on the stand. Their dressing rooms were like 'the Black Hole of Calcutta.' ...The stand ...only held six men and Duke had to play piano and direct from the dance floor. If you worked on the deck long enough, you wound up with hunched shoulders for good because the stand was about five-and-a-half feet from the glass grill up in the sidewalk." Elmer Snowden, interviewed by Les Muscutt: '...It was a place called the Hollywood Club...I always took my banjo home every night, but I was playing saxophone then...I had three saxes, a Baritone, a C Melody and a C Soprano...and a guitar, and my banjo... Ken Steiner's early and exhaustive research into Ellington's time at the Hollywood and its successor, Club Kentucky, is presented in his paper Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, Duke Ellington and the Washingtonians, 1923-27, delivered at the 2008 International Duke Ellington Study Group conference in London. Since Wild Throng is not in general circulation, here is a list of the various sources he cited that specifically relate to Ellington, the Washington Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, the Washingtonians, and The Hollywood from September 1923 and February 1925:
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1923 09 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-09-09 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 09 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-09-16 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 09 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | WHN station Loew Building 1540 Broadway | In August 1923 WHN began broadcasting bands, and about a month later, The Clipper mentioned the names of some of them, including "the Washingtonians, a colored band from Hollywood café." Tucker, relying on Abel Green's comment in The Clipper (see Clipper, 1923-09-14: 'CABARETS BID FOR PLUG VIA RADIO MUSIC |
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1923 09 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | WHN station Loew Building 1540 Broadway | WHN broadcast scheduled: '4:15-5:00 p.m. Elmer Snowden's "Washingtonians" Orchestra' |
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1923 09 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 09 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-09-30 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
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1923 10 01 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 02 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 03 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 04 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 05 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-10-07 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 10 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | (Unconfirmed) Night club residency with "Cleo Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 12 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency and opening night of "Creole Revue" - two shows nightly. The opening was a week later than planned. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 13 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 14 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see Morning Telegraph: 'With the world's series going in full blast just now thousands of people are in New York from all over the country and this has gladdened the hearts of the hotel, restaurant and cabaret men, who are all doing a thriving business. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-10-14 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 10 15 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 16 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 17 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 18 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Snowden's Novelty Orchestra Miley or Whetsel, John Anderson, Roland Smith, Hardwick, Ellington, Snowden, Greer Titles recorded:
Some discographies say Elmer Snowden's Novelty Orchestra recorded for Victor in this session. Bakker shows the recordings were unissued, and Steven Lasker and DEMS take the position it never occurred. Lasker's research of Victor's files showed no entry for it: 'The April 1963 issue of Jazz Journal included an Elmer Snowden discography, compiled by Bertrand Demeusy with Snowden's assistance. It lists a single session by Snowden's Novelty Orchestra, with two titles: "HOME" and "M.T. POCKET BLUES." A note explains: "Elmer Snowden says the record was made October 18, 1923. Brian Rust in his Jazz Records indicates New York, July 26, 1923." | Timner IV, p.1 | . | DEMS | Timner corrections | S.Hoefsmit (06,1-29) | Added 2011 updated 2014-01-19 2020-02-17 | ||
1923 10 19 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 20 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 21 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | New Star Casino, East 107th St. & 3rd Ave. Harlem | Song Writers' Concert and Dance | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | |||
1923 10 22 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-10-21 p.8. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 23 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 24 Wednesday | . | . | . | Fred Fisher Company registered the copyright of Blind Man's Buff. Mark Tucker writes "This is the first tangible evidence of Ellington's work with Jo Trent." | Tucker, Early Years, p.103 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-01-07 updated 2014-08-17 2015-02-28 | ||
1923 10 24 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 25 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 26 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 27 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 28 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 29 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 30 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 10 31 Wednesday Hallowe'en | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club engagement- see 1923 10 12 Three showings of a special show were announced, featuring Celtic airs played by the orchestra and "a number of real old Irish songs" sung by "colored artists." | Steiner, Wild Throng, citing Morning Telegraph, "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1923-10-28. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
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1923 11 01 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 02 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 03 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see "Four stars of colored shows" had been engaged for the new review that was postoned until Thursday, and were rehearsing for opening night. | The Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-03, p.4 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 04 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-04 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 2018-01-07 | ||
1923 11 05 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 06 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 07 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Creole Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-11-26 | ||
1923 11 08 Thursday | 1924 01 20 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency -see 1923 09 01 This was the scheduled opening night of "The Dixie Girl Revue" but the Evening Telegram reported the opening was postponed until the next Thursday night. It said Leo Berstein, manager and one of the owners of the Hollywood, had been off sick for two weeks and with his partners, George Hammond and Frank [illegible] is putting all of his energies into making the new all-[illegible] show one of the best ever seen. Four stars of colored shows have already been engaged and are rehearsing for opening night. On the other hand, on November 11, The Morning Telegraph reported the review reported: 'Hollywood Revue a Hit. The band advertised was The Washingtonian Real Jazz Orchestra Elmer Snowden, Leader. The Evening Telegram Nov. 8 ad said the revue was twice nightly, staged and produced by Leonard Harper, featuring special music by Duke Ellington, and the name of the and was Washingtonians Real Jazz Orchestra. The right edge of the ad in the archive is cut off, but it appears to say dancing was to be from 9 p.m. until closing. The plug in that edition said Johnny Hudgins, colored comedian, will be an added attraction "next week" as will Howard and Brown, singers and dancers. |
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1923 11 09 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 10 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The New York Age Theatrical Jottings: 'Howard and Brown is heading the Dixie Girl Revue at the Hollywood Restaruant, 49th street, with Fred Weaver, Adah (Bricktop) Smith, Mohnny Hudgins and a Beauty Chorus.' | The New York Age, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-10 p.6. | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 11 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Morning Telegraph ad announced the Dixie Girl Revue, two shows nightly at 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m., and the band was THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y.
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1923 11 12 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 13 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 14 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 15 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with the postponed "Dixie Girl Revue" - see | The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-08 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2017-10-17 | ||
1923 11 16 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 17 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 The Evening Telegram reported Snowden had added "Otto and Smith, The Saxophone Twins" to the Washington Black Dot Orchestra. | Evening Telegram, "News," 1923-11-17 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2017-07-10 | ||
1923 11 18 Sunday | . | Pritchard, Ala. | . | Birth of singer Lil Greenwood (b.1923 11 18 -
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1923 11 18 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-18 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 19 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 20 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | WHN studio Loew State Theatre Bldg. 1540 Broadway | 4:15 to 5 p.m. broadcast Ken Steiner 'Abel Green mentioned that the Washingtonians "broadcast every Wednesday at 3:45 from WHN.' I had found Wednesday afternoon broadcasts on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27, but nothing after that. I found this in the Jersey Journal. Maybe the afternoon broadcasts resumed on Nov. 21? It also says "from the Hollywood." Perhaps this was actually from the Hollywood, when they first got a wire? I believe the September broadcasts were from the WHN studio at the nearby Loew's State. 'Since WHN remote broadcasts didn't begin until 1924 06 09, this broadcast originated at WHN's studio in the Loew State Theatre Bldg., 1540 Broadway.' Jersey Journal radio log:'4:15 p.m. - "The Washingtonians" from the Hollywood. Elmer Snoden [sic], leader; Duke Ellington, John Anderson, Sonny Grear [sic], Rollin [sic] Smith, Bob Marley and Otto Harwick[sic].' The Bangor Daily News radio log gives the lineup as Elmer Snoden [sic], leader, Duke Ellington, John Anderson, Sonny Greer, Rollin [sic] Smith, Bub Marley [sic] and Otto Harwick [sic] |
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1923 11 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 22 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 23 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08 Note the revue appears to be only be playing twice a night by this time. Abel Green, in Clipper: 'THE WASHINGTONIANS (7) Abel.' Advertisements in The Evening Telegram, however, until Sept. 16 say there were three shows nightly at 9:30, 11:30 and 1:30 Several radio listings for WHN show the band played at 4:15, not 3:45, and despite Nils T. Granlund's comment (see |
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1923 11 24 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The ad in The Evening Telegram billed the band as "The Washington Real Jazz Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader" | The Evening Telegram, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-24 p.6 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 25 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader" | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-11-25 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 11 26 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 27 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 28 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 29 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 11 30 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
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1923 12 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Morning Telegraph: 'The Hollywood Cabaret and Restaurant's new show, "The Dixie Girl" revue, will enter in upon its fourth week of great success tomorrow night. Duke Ellington has injected three new song numbers that will be introduced for the first time...' The ad in The Morning Telegraph billed the band as "THE WASHINGTONIAN BLACK DOT ORCHESTRA, ELMER SNOWDEN, LEADER" | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-02 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 12 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | Band and Orchestra Routes, Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-07 p.24 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-28 | ||
1923 12 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-09 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-12 | ||
1923 12 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
circa 1923 12 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Personnel change Trombone player Charles Irvis joined Snowden's orchestra some time before Dec. 16. The Morning Telegraph Dec.16: 'If you think you have heard trombone players just drop into the Hollywood any evening after theatre time and hear the new trombone player there. The new artist made such a hit a few nights ago that Leo Bernstein signed a contract with him for the remainder of the season. The January 4 Clipper reported "Charles Irvis is the new trombonist with the Washingtonians at the Hollywood, New York." Irvis joined the band in time for the Cinderella Ballroom performance below. His mute technique would become a key part of the Ellington brass section sound, adopted by Bubber Miley and, later, Tricky Sam Nanton, Cootie Williams and their successors. |
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1923 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom Broadway and 48th | New York Clipper: Some of the small Broadway cabarets are trying a new stunt to boost business. On special nights usually heralded several days in advance, the entire revue of [a] show from the supper club is transported to a popular Broadway dance hall and performed in its entirety. That takes place at an hour before 11, naturally, preceding the regular after-theatre performances in the cabaret." The Morning Telegraph Dec.16:'... | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, citing
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1923 12 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 14 | . | . | . | The Clipper A listing of the band as the Washington Black Sox was changed to The Washingtonians followed by Snowden's name in brackets. | M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 p.107 | . | . | . | (New) added 2012-01-07 | |||
1923 12 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see (Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Smowden, leader) | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-16 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 Updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 17 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
Prior to 1923 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Fred Fisher Inc. presumably 224 W.46th St. |
Fred Fisher Inc. sheet music bore the address 224 W.46th St., New York. That is where Ellington worked unless it had more than one location. The original "Tin Pan Alley" was on 26th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, but Tucker tells us 'By the early twenties most of the city’s important music publishers had offices in the vicinity of Times Square. “Tin Pan Alley” … now stretched from the upper-30s to the lower 50s and was concentrated in the mid-40s.’ |
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1923 12 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 10 12 and 1923 11 08 (Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Smowden, leader) The Telegram reported club owner Leo Bernstein set aside 40 seats for the cast members of 3 Broadway shows because their work prevented them from attending the club until after the theatres closed, and it was hard for them to get tables. |
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1923 12 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see Hostess Mlle. Rubkin Kavlotzky from Cleveland replaced hostess Hazel Clark. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-23 p.8 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 25 Tuesday Christmas | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||
1923 12 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see ("The Washingtonian Black Dot Orchestra, Elmer Snowden, Leader") | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-30 p.10 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Morning Telegraph 'At the Hollywood. | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1923-12-30 p.10 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-14 | ||
1923 12 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Fisher Publishing House | In late December, Ellington became the rehearsal pianist for Tin Pan Alley music publisher Fred Fisher Company. The Billboard Magazine: "Duke Ellington, the pianist, at Hollywood Inn, has succeeded Roland Irving in the professional department of the Fred Fisher publishing house" | M. Tucker, Early Years, 1991 P.104, citing The Billboard Dec.23, 1923 | . | . | djp | New added 2012-01-07 |
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1924 00 00 | . | . | . | Personnel change New Desor has Bubber Miley joining the band in 1924, based on recording dates. It seems likely he joined in the latter part of 1923 - see comments above (1923 09 00) | New Desor vol.2 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-10-23 updated 2014-08-17 | ||||
1924 01 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Private home | Hollywood Club owner Leo Bernstein hosted a party for 50 at his home, to celebrate his 10th wedding anniversary. Members of the revue at the Club entertained the party after dinner. The article does not say if the Washingtonians were there, but it seems likely. | Evening Telegram, "News," 1924-01-05, p.12 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 01 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Dixie Girl" - see 1923 11 08 Rehearsals for the new, 25 member, Revue that was to open Jan.21 started. "The review now playing has had an excellent run of ten weeks... The music played by the Washingtonian Orchestra is out of the ordinary in dance music. The orchestra,...under the direction of Elmer Snowden, always receives as much applause after each selection as the cabaret revue." | Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants, and Cabarets, 1923-01-13 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 01 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 16 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 17 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 18 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see The Clipper shows "Washingtonians (Elmer Snowden) Hollywood Cafe, N.Y." | Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-01-18 p.24 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-28 2020-07-26 | ||||
1924 01 19 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 20 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Dixie Girl" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 21 Monday | 1924 04 04 | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Club aka Hollywood Cabaret | Night club residency - see 1923 09 01 "Mississippi Revue" opened. The Evening Telegram, 1924-01-26: 'The "Mississippi Revue" which had its premiere at the Hollywood, Forty-ninth street , a few steps east of Broadway, last Monday night, surpasses in merit and talent anything ever attempted since that restaurant opened its doors. Particularly is this true of dancing and the cast, which is colored, includes such names as Howard and Brown, Williams and Brooks, Morton and Brown and Johnny Hudgins. The chorus numbers seven. It is, as the management's card says it is, a delightful musical entertainment with many laughs.' Advertisements in The Evening Telegram and The New York Telegram and Evening Mail show 2 performances nightly, 11:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m., for Leonard Harper's "Mississippi Revue" Featuring Howard and Brown, Washington Real Jazz Orchestra. They name the managers, Leo Weinstein and George Hammond, and say "Dancing Till Close." |
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1924 01 23 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 24 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 25 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 26 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 27 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 28 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 29 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 30 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see Affidavit for Search Warrant, Violation of The National Prohibition Act, sworn by U.S. Treasury Department agent Frank Rickey: "On January 30, 1924, about 12:00 midnight, I entered the cabaret known as the Hollywood Cabaret, located in the basement of the building at 203 West 49th Street... I was introduced to the man in charge of the cabaret, whose name is Leo Bernstein. Leo Bernstein called the waiter and told him to give us anything we wanted. We were then seated at a table, and we ordered from the waiter drinks of Scotch whiskey, and sandwiches. While drinking the Scotch whiskey, Bernstein came to our table and asked us if everything was alright, and if we were well taken care of. He told us that we could have anything we wanted, and later brought a girl to me and insisted that I dance with her. She claimed to be the "hostess" in the cabaret and offered drinks of Scotch whiskey for which we were compelled to pay $1.50 a drink. I drank some of the whiskey, and as I am familiar with the taste of whiskey I know that it was whiskey. There were a great many people drinking whiskey in said cabaret on this occasion, and various scenes of partial intoxication. |
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1924 01 31 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 01 24 | . | . | . | Birth of singer Alice Babs | Interview,Leigh Kamman and Alice Babs, 1993. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012 10 10 2016-01-18 | ||||
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1924 02 00 | . | New York City, N.Y. | . | Personnel changes - BAND LEADERS
'The recordings of Snowden's subsequent bands are discussed in http://www.harlem-fuss.com/pdf/bands/harlem_fuss_bands_snowden_elmer_bands.pdf ' |
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1924 02 00 | . | New York City, N.Y. | . | Personnel changes
The Washingtonians, NY, Nov24. ...There is uncertainty about the identity of the banjo-player. The old DESOR gives as banjo-player Fred Guy instead of George Francis. Waxworks confirms the presence of Fred Guy as probable. Mark Tucker confirms the presence of George Francis. The New Desor gives George Francis. Frank Dutton in his letter of 21Jun99 also supports Francis. 'George Francis: This name would not be associated with Ellington or the Washingtonians were it not for a single print reference, in an ad the group placed in the 1924-02-22 New York Clipper. The ad quotes a 1923-11-23 Clipper review by Abel Green which named the current members of the band at the Hollywood Café, New York. In November 1923, the Washingtonians included Elmer Snowden, "leader and banjoist, also doubling with soprano sax" and Duke Ellington, "piano-arranger." A musician named George Francis lodged at 883 West 145th Street, Manhattan Borough, New York, according to the 1920 census, and Lasker writes: 'According to Brian Rust's "Jazz Records, 1897-1942," a George Francis played guitar on a record date led by Ollie Shephard for A.R.C. on 1939-05-02.' 'In late fall,Snowden breaks with the band, which becomes "The Washingtonians" under the leadership of Ellington and Greer.' Ken Steiner points out:'Right at the beginning of the band's opening at the Hollywood, they were identified in ads under variations of the title Per Lawrence, p.407: "Late fall, 1923: Snowden breaks with the rest of the band; Ellington and Greer form new group called the Washingtonians, featuring Miley, Hardwick, and banjo player George Irvis [sic!] to replace Snowden." |
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1924 02 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Banjoist and rhythm guitarist Fred Guy, born 1899 05 23, joined the band. Steven Lasker: 'In the Cotton Club Miscellany (p. 26), I wrote that Guy joined on February 10, 1924, based on Guy's recollection to Brooks Kerr. Brooks later corrected this information: Guy joined in the month of February (he so told John McDonough and Brooks Kerr), but not necessarily on the tenth.' | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2022-03-13. | . | DEMS | . | S.Hoefsmit | Added 2011 updated 2014-04-18 2020-02-17 2022-03-23 | ||||
Circa 1923 00 00 or 1924 00 00 | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood | Personnel change Drummer Tommy Benford claimed he subbed for Sonny Greer for a month at the Kentucky Club in 1924 and that his brother, Bill Benford, played tuba with the Washingtonians. Benford: 'Around this time . . . I think this must have been 1924, I subbed with Duke Ellington for a month. This was when Elmer Snowden had the band and my brother Bill was on tuba. Sonny got sick and that's when Bill asked me to come and sub for him. We were in the Kentucky Club on 48th Street off Broadway. That was Bubber Miley, Arthur Whetsol, Charlie Irvis, Duke, Bill, Otto Hardwick and Elmer. They only had one sax. Bill didn't stay with Duke too long, he left when Elmer did.' Notes:
| Peter Carr, Al Vollmer and Laurie Wright: Have Drum, Will Travel, An Interview with Tommy Benford:
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1924 02 02 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 03 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 04 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 05 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom | The Mississippi Revue appeared at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening, probably on February 6. They proved so popular that they were asked to return the following Wednesday. | "News,"New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-09, p.5 | . | . | . | djp from WTDM | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 02 06 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 07 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 09 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 10 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The Morning Telegraph reported three musicians were added to the Washingtonians Black Dot Band. | Morning Telegraph, "Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-02-10 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 02 11 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 13 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 14 Thursday Valentine's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 15 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 16 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 17 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 18 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 19 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom Broadway & 48th St. | (Unconfirmed) The Mississippi Revue were asked to appear a second time at the Cinderella Ballroom in the evening of Feb. 13 but the appearance was postponed a week. | "News," New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-09, p.5 | . | . | djp from Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-01 | |||||
1924 02 20 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 21 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 22 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see This ad appeared in Clipper with a photograph between the columns:
| Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-22 p.35 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 updated 2018-07-28 | ||||
1924 02 23 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see The club was raided by federal agents, who seized alcohol. At the end of the year, the US Court of Appeals ordered the liquor returned on a technicality invalidating the search warrant. Sworn statement of Agent Thomas Shannon: Search warrant executed at 2:15 am on February 24th, 1924, at 203 W.49th Street, NYC, found pint whiskey in pitcher in kitchen, 4 oz. scotch whiskey in glass in kitchen, 6 oz. whiskey in three separate glasses on table near kitchen door." On 1924-12-08 the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the seized liquor should be returned because the search warrant was invalid. The prohibition agents raided at night but the warrant was valid during daytime hours only. |
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1924 02 24 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2012-12-07 | ||||
1924 02 25 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 26 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 27 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see David G. Casem, The New York Telegram and Evening Mail 'Leonard Harper, producer of the "Mississippi" revue ... will put five new "strut" numbers in that show, beginning next Wednesday night. The revue, which went on for the first time the latter part of January, has had the most success of any staged in the Hollywood since it was opened by Leo Berstein and George Hammond. "We gauge a show by the amount of business it brings in," said Mr. Bernstein, "and the 'Mississippi' revue "satisfied us." Satisfaction usually means capacity crowds to a cabaret owner.' | The New York Telegram and Evening Mail, New York, N.Y. 1924-02-23 p.6 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2020-07-26 | ||||
1924 02 28 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 02 29 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
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1924 03 01 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 02 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 03 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 04 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 05 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 06 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 07 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 08 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 The New York Telegram and Evening Mail reported the club was continuing its policy of adding new principals to revues as their run lengthened, and had added two for the coming Monday to strengthen the show for another month's run. The paper reported Ellington was now the leader of the Washington Black Dot orchestra, and the revue was to be presented at the Cinderella Ballroom the following Wednesday. Snowden continued to be shown as leader in the weekly Morning Telegraph ads, and in the New York Clipper. | New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 1924-03-08, p.14 | . | . | . | djp | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 09 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Hollywood owner Leo Bernstein and a Sam Shiener pled not guilty to possessing and selling two drinks of whiskey to the Treasury agent. They appear to have been convicted because they were each fined $100 on March 24. Bernstein, co-owner George Hammond, Schiener and a Sam Silverstein also pled not guilty to possessing liquor (1 pint and 10 ounces). The outcome of these charges is not known, other than Silverstein was released on $500 bail. This may be the case that ended July 28 1925 when the charges were dismissed. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.15. | . | . | . | djp | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 03 10 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 11 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom, Broadway & 48th St. | (Unconfirmed) Vail's March 1924 entry: "The Washingtonians begin doubling at the Cinderella Ballroom before the show at the Hollywood Club." Götting places the band at the Cinderella on February 20 and March 12, citing Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club.Tucker:"Performers from both the Hollywood and the Club Alabam traveled to the Cinderella Ballroom... where 'these added attractions have been successful...and have been the means of drawing an element a bit above the usual dance hall following.' Such appearances may have brought bands additional jobs, thus benefiting the musicians as much as their club sponsors. When the Washingtonians made their Haverhill, Massachusetts, debut early in 1925, they were identified as coming not from the Hollywood but 'direct from the Cinderella ballroom on Broadway.'" |
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1924 03 12 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 13 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 14 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 15 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 16 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 17 Monday St. Patrick's Day | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 18 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 19 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 20 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 21 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 22 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 23 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Cinderella Ballroom Broadway & 48th St. | (Unconfirmed) The Mississippi Revue was scheduled for a one-hour performance at the Cinderella Ballroom. | Morning Telegraph "Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets," 1924-03-09 | . | . | . | djp from Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club | New added 2013-09-01 | ||||
1924 03 24 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 25 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 26 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 27 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 28 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 29 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 30 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 03 31 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
April 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 04 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 04 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 04 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Night club residency with "Mississippi Revue" - see 1924 01 21 Last night of engagement
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1924 04 05 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 06 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 06 Sunday | . | Washington, D.C. | . | Birth of reed player Charlie Rouse (1924-1988), who would play tenor sax with Ellington in 1949 and 1950. |
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1924 04 13 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
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1924 04 15 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
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1924 04 19 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 20 Easter Sunday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Waldorf Theatre | This is the first known date in The Washingtonians' spring 1924 New England tour. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lynn Daily News 1924-04-18 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2022-10-03 | ||||
1924 04 21 Easter Monday | . | Salem, Mass. | Charleshurst Ballroom | Performance for the Salem Young Men's Christian Temperance Society as 'Duke Ellington's Broadway Recording Orchestra.' Salem Evening News: "Real jazz music...will be the principal attraction at the Waldorf,...presented by Duke Ellington's Hollywood Cafe Jazz Orchestra which has been filling a week's engagement in Boston since its own cafe was destroyed by fire. There are eight musicians in the act, each an expert soloist, and Sundays last summer played at the New York Winter Garden shows. Three other high class vaudeville acts, music by the Waldorf's own orchestra and 'Storm Swept' for a feature picture will also be on the Sunday program." Barry Ulanov:"They played in Salem at the Charleshurst Ballroom. Sometimes you could find them, before or after hours. More often you could not. Duke was usually out with the police force's Lieutenant Bates, who later became Salem's Mayor, and then its Representative in Congress. Or, with the other Washingtonians, he was over at the Coast Guard barracks, or being whisked around the Salem-Marblehead Harbor." Note Mr. Bates was elected mayor in 1924. Charleshurst owner Charles Shribman had been booking bands into New England in the early 1920s. In 1924 he and other New England ballroom managers formed a performance circuit. |
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1924 04 22 Tuesday | . | Lawrence, Mass. | Truell Hall | . | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun 1924-04-22, p.16 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 04 23 Wednesday | . | Gloucester, Mass. | Hawthorne Inn | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Gloucester Daily Times, April 23, 1924) | . | . | . | ks | 2018-08-23 | ||||
1924 04 24 Thursday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Associate Hall | Dance First of two dances booked here for the band, admission 50 cents. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Lowell Sun:
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1924 04 25 Friday | . | Salem, Mass. | College Inn | Dance, sharing the bandstand with a local orchestra led by Frank Ward. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.16, citing Salem Evening News 1924-04-24 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2013-09-02 | ||||
1924 04 26 Saturday | . | Lowell, Mass. | Associate Hall | Dance "... will engage in a battle of music with Miner-Doyle's orchestra. The admission ...is 50 cents with free checking". The Associate Hall was a five-storey building with retail businesses on the ground floor, offices upstairs, and apparently the dance hall or club on the top floor. At 12:30 am Sunday morning, a fire was discovered in the Club room on the top floor of the Associate building and appeared to be a minor blaze. The alarm was sounded at 12:34 am, and fire companies responded. The fire spread, and ultimately destroyed three buildings and damaged others. A fire captain was killed after being crushed under a falling wall, 10 other firemen were injured and a fire truck was destroyed. This was the biggest fire in Lowell's history. It seems likely the dance would have still been underway when the alarm was first sounded, but the newspaper coverage does not mention the dance. |
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1924 04 27 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 28 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 29 Tuesday Ellington's birthday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 04 30 Wednesday | . | Lynn, Mass. | Odd Fellows' Hall | One-nighter | Email, Steiner-Palmquist 2018-08-22 citing Lynn Tribune News, April 30, 1924 | . | . | . | ks | 2018-08-23 | ||||
May 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 05 01 Monday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Hollywood reopened with a new Leonard Harper revue, advertised both as The Virginia Girls and The Virginian Girls. Its music was written by Jimmie (James P.) Johnson who led the band initially. Benny Carter and Sidney Bechet were in the Johnson band but Johnson fired Bechet, and later was fired himself. Although Bechet said he and Ellington replaced Johnson at the club, the club hired an unnamed group before Ellington went back in - see 1924 05 15 and 1924 06 10 |
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1924 05 01 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 02 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 03 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 04 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 05 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 06 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 07 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 08 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 09 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 10 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 11 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 12 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 13 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 14 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 15 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | |||||
1924 05 15 Thursday | . | . | . | Peripheral event The Hollywood replaced the Johnson band with an unnamed French orchestra. The Morning Telegraph: 'The Hollywood Cabaret introduced its new French jazz orchestra last Thursday night.' | Ken Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, p.17, citing Morning Telegraph, New York, 1924-05-18 | . | . | . | . | Added 2014-08-17 | ||||
1924 05 16 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 17 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 18 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 19 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 20 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 21 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 21 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Peripheral event The New York Sun reported Federal Judge Augustus N. Hand signed orders against the Picadilly Rendezvous, the Silver Slipper and the "restaurant at 203 West Forty-Ninth" restraining the sale of liquor until "the hearing on the padlock case, which it is expected will come up for trial in June." | New York Sun, 1924-05-21, p.1 | . | . | . | djp | New added 2012-12-26 | ||||
1924 05 22 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 23 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 24 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 24 Saturday 7 PM | . | New York, N.Y. | Corner of 134th St. and Seventh Ave. | Peripheral event Barron Wilkins murdered Julius William "Yellow Charleston" Miller shot William Harris to death on May 24. Fleeing the scene, he approached Barron De Ware Wilkins, owner of Barron's Exclusive Club, Inc. (the Exclusive Club), outside the club, to ask for $100 to help him get away. When Wilkins declined, Miller shot him four times. Wilkins was taken to Harlem Hospital by taxicab, and died there. Miller was convicted of first degree murder and in November was sentenced to die in December 1924. His execution didn't take place, however, until September 1925. Steven Lasker: 'Note that Barron Wilkins' first name is consistently misspelled "Baron" in the transcript. |
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1924 05 25 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 26 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 05 27 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
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1924 05 31 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
June 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 06 00 | . | . | . | The June 1924 edition of International Musician showed Edward K. Ellington, Fred L. Guy, William Greer and Charles Irvis in the new members list for Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians. Steven Lasker observes that this is the first print reference to Guy that places him among the Ellingtonians. The same edition lists Arthur P. Whetsel as transferring from Local 710 (Washington), but the August edition shows Whetsel in the "transfers withdrawn" list. It isn't clear why the 19-year old Whetsel would have cancelled his transfer since he was still living and working in New York as a musician in November 1924 when he applied for his passport. Local 802 was formed in 1921 by the American Federation of Musicians to replace Local 310, the Musicians Mutual Protective Union. Local 310 was incorporated under state jurisdiction and was not subject to A.F.of M. bylaws. There was a dispute between the two union locals over who would represent thousands of musicians in New York. Several 1923 articles in Variety reported that nearly all the members of Local 802 were also members of M.M.P.A. because the M.M.P.A. provided benefits and owned valuable real property. As of July 1923, vaudeville scale in New York was $52 weekly, but in Chicago, $75. |
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1924 06 01 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 02 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 03 Tuesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 04 Wednesday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 05 Thursday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 06 Friday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 07 Saturday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 08 Sunday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 09 Monday | . | . | . | activities not documented | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 06 09 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Broadway night spots | Peripheral event This appears to be the date of WHN radio station's first remote broadcast from a New York night spot. In a story datelined New York, June 11, The Clipper reported 'The Loew Circuit's radio station WHN has arranged to run direct land wires in to the various Broadway cabarets and restaurants for the purpose of broadcasting the dance music and other entertainment direct from the cafes. Heretofore the talent was wont to visit the WHN studios in the Loew State theatre building. | The Clipper, New York, N.Y. 1924-06-14 p.15 | . | . | . | SL/KS/djp | New added 2019-12-14 | ||||
circa 1924 06 10 | . | . | . | Personnel change
Bechet: ' I met Duke in Washington the time that I was there in How Come [see note]. He was hanging around the stage door then, coming in all the time when we were doing our rehearsals and asking to play the piano. He played it James P. Johnson fashion then. At that time, 1922, he and Elmer Snowden had a band together called the Washingtonians, and we hung out some; we were good buddies for hanging out together. Duke was a fine man to be with, an easy man in himself. I'll come back to him. |
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1924 06 10 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency resumed, with "The Virginia Girls" revue - see Ellington and the Washingtonians with Sidney Bechet return to replace James P. Johnson's band. While the New York Times reported Judgement by default will be taken today against the Hollywood Restaurant...The place will be closed for one year.- this apparently didn't happen. It seems likely the club challenged the charges, for its liquor was returned in December. |
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1924 06 11 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 12 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 13 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 14 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 15 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 16 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 17 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 18 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 19 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 20 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 21 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 22 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 23 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 24 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 25 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 26 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 27 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 28 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 29 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 06 30 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
July 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 07 01 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 02 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 03 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 04 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 05 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 06 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 07 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 08 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 09 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 10 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 11 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 12 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 13 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 14 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency, "Virginia Girls" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Sunday's Morning Telegraph said George Hammond, partner in the Hollywood, planned to take the entire revue to the Empire Race Track as his guests, then take them, including the Hollywood Orchestra, home. The Orchestra would serenade his wife with a few tunes for her birthday. | Morning Telegraph, Hotels, Restaurants and Cabarets, 1924-07-13 | . | . | . | . | New added 2013-09-02 | ||||
1924 07 15 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Steiner, Wild Throng Dances Madly in Cellar Club, says the Morning Telegraph Hotels Restaurants and Cabarets column in the July 13 edition of the Morning Telegraph is the last mention of the Hollywood until the autumn. The column itself says the warm weather did not affect the club and Bernstein said it would remain open all summer. Steiner suggests The Washingtonians may have continued at the club for the rest of the summer, or may have toured New England, since Ellington recalled, in MIMM, a summer tour of New England with Bechet, and it seems that can only have been this summer. Until evidence of their activities between July 16 and Sept.5 is found, we simply say this period is undocumented. | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 16 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 07 17 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 18 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 19 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 On this date, "Choo Choo, I Gotta Hurry Home" was registered for copyright as an unpublished musical composition. A copyright application and two copies of the sheet music for a version published by Broadway Music Corp. was received at the copyright office in September - see | Email Lasker-Palmquist 2022-01-05 | . | . | . | . | New added 2022-01-06 | ||||
1924 07 20 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 21 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 22 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 23 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 24 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 25 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 26 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 27 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 28 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 29 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 30 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 07 31 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
August 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 08 01 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 02 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 03 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 04 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 05 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 06 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 07 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 08 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 08 Friday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event S.Lasker 'In New York City, the vaudeville comedy team of Gus Van and Joe Schenck record Choo Choo (Gotta Hurry Home). Released circa early September 1924 on Columbia 197-D, this is both the earliest documented recording of an Ellington composition as well as the first Ellington song to be issued on a record. The label credits the song to "Ringle, Ellington and Schafer." This marked the first appearance of Ellington's name on a record label.' | E-mail S.Lasker-Palmquist 2015-02-07 2019-12-09 | . | . | . | sl | New added 2015-02-08 2019-12-09 | ||||
1924 08 09 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 10 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 11 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 12 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | . | Peripheral event Some speculate Ellington was the pianist for Wilbur C. Sweatman's August 12 Gennett recording session in which Sweatman made an unreleased recording of Battleship Kate. The Gennett files don't show personnel present at the date other than Sweatman. The report that Ellington was on the date originated in the autobiography of Mike Danzi, "American Musician in Germany, 1924-39" (Schmitten, Germany, 1986). Danzi recalled that he playing banjo on Battleship Kate and Ellington played piano. Steven Lasker: '...what I hear on the record leads me to conclude that contrary to Mike Danzi's recollection, the pianist on Sweatman's 10oct24 Battleship Kate isn't Ellington...Danzi might instead have recalled an unissued Gennett session, held circa 12Aug24, at which Sweatman recorded a version of Battleship Kate that was never issued. ' Steven points out that Sweatman himself denied ever having recorded with Ellington (see DEMS 05/3-32). | . | . | DEMS | . | SL | Added 2011 updated 2014-03-30 2014-08-17 2015-03-23 2020-02-17 2020-02-18 | ||||
1924 08 13 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 14 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 15 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 16 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 17 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 18 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 19 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 20 Wednesday | . | Bayonne, N.J. | . | Birth of singer and children's television show host Joya Yvonne Sherrill Guilmenot. The family lived in New York in 1930 census and Detroit in 1940. Ms Sherrill first joined Ellington in August 1942 at age 17 - see Mrs. Guilmenot died June 28 2010 in Great Neck, N.Y. Her New York Times obituary by Peter Keepnews quotes her as saying 'I never really left the band. Duke would call me for jobs once a year at least. ' |
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1924 08 20 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 21 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 22 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 23 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented possibly working at the Hollywood - see The August 23 edition of the Chicago Defender reported Otto Hardwick was now with the White Brothers orchestra in Chicago. Since the Defender is dated the end of the week it is published, the report could be from up to two weeks before August 23. | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 24 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 25 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 26 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 27 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 28 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 29 Friday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 30 Saturday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 08 31 Sunday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
September 1924 | ||||||||||||||
1924 09 01 Monday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 02 Tuesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 03 Wednesday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 04 Thursday | . | . | . | Activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 05 Friday | . | . | . | Steven Lasker: 'A copyright application for Choo-Choo (I Gotta Hurry Home), published by Broadway Music Corp., was received at the copyright office. |
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1924 09 05 Friday | . | . | . | Musicians' activities not documented - see 1924 07 15 | . | . | . | . | . | . | ||||
1924 09 06 Saturday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency (see Hollywood ads refer to the band either as "Washingtonian's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra" or "Washington's Hollywood Jazz Orchestra." HOLLYWOOD |
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1924 09 07 Sunday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 08 Monday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 09 Tuesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | The Morning Telegraph, New York, N.Y. 1924-09-09 p.8 | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 updated 2018-01-07 | ||||
1924 09 10 Wednesday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Follies" revue - see | . | . | . | . | . | Added 2011 | ||||
1924 09 11 Thursday | . | New York, N.Y. | Hollywood Cabaret 203 West 49th St. | Club residency with "Creole Fol |