Jimmie Lunceford [James Melvin Lunceford] and his Orchestra
Title
Jimmie Lunceford [James Melvin Lunceford] and his Orchestra
Description
Jimmie Lunceford [James Melvin Lunceford] and his Orchestra. Thirteen piece band. Taken by Standard Photo Service, Phila, PA. [order not yet determined] Front row, left to right: [trumpets] Sy Oliver, Eddie Tompkins, Thomas Stevenson; [piano] Edward Wilcox; [sax, standing] Jimmie; [reeds] William Smith [Willie] [alto sax], Joe Thomas, Earl Carruthers. Back row, left to right: [trombones] Russell Bowles, Henry Willis; [drums] James Crawford; [guitar] Al Norris; [bass] Mose Allen. Rare Book Room owns 3 copies of this photograph: one unsigned, one signed ""To Lena Bell from 'Jimmie'" (Lena Bell Thomas worked in the Check Room, according to the 14th Anniversary Program), and one signed "To Humphrey from Jimmie."
Contributor
Date
1930-1939
Source
Ann Montgomery's Little Harlem
Publisher
Buffalo & Erie County Public Library (Publisher of digital)
Rights
Digital collection copyright 2016 by the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. This collection or portions thereof are not to be used for any commercial purposes without the expressed written permission of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library. Users of this website are free to utilize material from this collection for non-commercial and educational purposes.
Relation
Digital Collections of the B&ECPL
Type
Still image
Format
image/jpeg
Language
Coverage
Collection
Citation
Standard Photo Service (Philadelphia, PA) (Photographer), “Jimmie Lunceford [James Melvin Lunceford] and his Orchestra,” B&ECPL Digital Collections, accessed December 9, 2024, https://digital.buffalolib.org/document/15.