1949 Concert Flyer

[jeffcrom]

I mentioned this in the 78 thread, but I wanted to post a picture here. I bought some 78 RPM albums last week, and inside an Illinois Jacquet album was a program from a 1948 tour featuring Jacquet and Sarah Vaughan, and this concert flyer. It's nothing fancy, just a simple 6" x 9" sheet, but I think it's kind of amazing for what it represents. There's no year on the flyer, but a little research shows that it's from a 1949 Boston show.

[JSngry]

Narration?

[Hardbopjazz]

Narration?

She's playing a G7b5, now she's playing a CMaj7...

[AllenLowe]

yowsa. I'll be in Boston Friday; gotta get me some tix.

[jlhoots]

I'd have gone for the $2.40.

[romualdo]

Very unweathered for its 60+ years - nice find

Is Nat the only one still with us - what about Jeff Morton?

[aparxa]

What about Lee!

[romualdo]

What about Lee!

Oh Sh.t!!! - how did I forget Lee

Mea Culpa

[JSngry]

I still wonder what the narration thing was all about. Is that fancy-talk for "emceed by" or was there some sort of other thing going on?

[Quincy]

I still wonder what the narration thing was all about.

Based on some Konitz videos posted here I think they just did that to keep the young whippersnapper from telling jokes in-between songs. Nice find!

[jeffcrom]

I still wonder what the narration thing was all about. Is that fancy-talk for "emceed by" or was there some sort of other thing going on?

I imagine that there was some sort of pre-concert lecture/explanation about "modern jazz" - hopefully a short one. And was Mary Lou doing her "History of Jazz" medley at that point? I can see some narration on top of that.