![[Portrait of Duke Ellington and Junior Raglin, Howard Theater(?), Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948] (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Happy Birthday Edward Kennedy Ellington! 113 years ago yesterday, Duke was born, and the world has not been the same since.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3aub1lshJ1qbyyyqo1_500.jpg)
[Portrait of Duke Ellington and Junior Raglin, Howard Theater(?), Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948] (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Happy Birthday Edward Kennedy Ellington! 113 years ago yesterday, Duke was born, and the world has not been the same since.
![[Portrait of Jimmie Lunceford, ca. early 1940s] (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.
Caption from Down Beat: The flying bandsman (he has a commerical pilot’s license, owns a twin engined Cessna and makes one nighters on the wing) has decided to come to roost and is looking for a club of his own in North Jersey. This shot is an old one, made just after stars like Willie Smith and Trummie Young had left him. I called it “All Alone.” Musically, Jimmie misses his old gang as much now as he did when the shot was taken.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpgidbSYfE1qbyyyqo1_500.jpg)
[Portrait of Jimmie Lunceford, ca. early 1940s] (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer.
Caption from Down Beat: The flying bandsman (he has a commerical pilot’s license, owns a twin engined Cessna and makes one nighters on the wing) has decided to come to roost and is looking for a club of his own in North Jersey. This shot is an old one, made just after stars like Willie Smith and Trummie Young had left him. I called it “All Alone.” Musically, Jimmie misses his old gang as much now as he did when the shot was taken.
NPR: Library of Congress Launches National Jukebox
The National Jukebox is spinning tunes – and you don’t have to drop any coin to get it to play. Today the Library of Congress and Sony Music Entertainment announced the launch of what’s being billed as “the largest collection of historical recordings ever made publicly available online.”
The new website provides access to more than 10-thousand historical recordings for free on a streaming-only basis – no downloads. It covers the first quarter of the twentieth century and includes music, poetry, political speeches and other spoken word recordings. Right now, it only includes recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company, which Sony controls. The project is also a collaboration with the University of California, Santa Barbara – and its Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records – which is helping to create a searchable database for every recording in the National Jukebox.
Click on “Browse All Recordings” and you can find albums by Title, Artist, Genre, Place (where the audio was recorded) or Date Range.
One can only hope this leads to more and more early recordings becoming readily available, like the Universal masters donated earlier this year.
![[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Washington, D.C.(?), between 1938 and 1948] (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.Happy Birthday Duke Ellington! Duke was born 102 years ago - on April 29, 1899.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkf3j6QWzE1qbyyyqo1_500.jpg)
[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Washington, D.C.(?), between 1938 and 1948] (LOC) by The Library of Congress on Flickr.
Happy Birthday Duke Ellington! Duke was born 102 years ago - on April 29, 1899.
Street dance, National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1938 Oct.
PART OF
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
![Sound effects man of [Count Basie] orchestra at Savoy Ball Room. Chicago, Illinois.
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED 1941 Apr.
PART OFFarm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
[Note the Coleman Hawkins poster in the upper left]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lh4t36qf5y1qbyyyqo1_500.jpg)
Sound effects man of [Count Basie] orchestra at Savoy Ball Room. Chicago, Illinois.
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1941 Apr.
PART OF
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
[Note the Coleman Hawkins poster in the upper left]
Cajun version of the “Big Apple.” National Rice Festival, Crowley, Louisiana
Lee, Russell, 1903-1986, photographer.
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1938 Oct.
PART OF
Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
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