DJ Ryan Swift

Cab Calloway Monument
Location: Otto Henderberg Square, on Sycamore Street, Swillburg Neighborhood
Rochester, NY
Size: 40 Inches Tall Material: Bronze and granite Dated: 1993

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Description: Monument to one of Rochester’s own

Caption: “Born Cabell Calloway on Christmas 1907, one of Rochester’s most famous sons was honored yesterday on the street where he once lived.

A plaque and monument commemorating Cab Calloway’s career was dedicated in Otto Henderberg Square, a small park along Sycamore Street, in Rochester’s Swillburg neighborhood.”

Unfortunately, I won’t be making the trip to Rochester for the wonderful Steven & Virginie Workshop Weekend put on by my friends and former group Groove Juice Swing.

Of course, you should go, and have one week left to register.  And while you’re there, take a nice little walk from their usual dance venue and check out the above Cab Calloway monument that celebrates one of the greatest talents to ever come from Rochester.

Big Joe Turner at home in Chicago

(via NUVO)

(L to R) Charlie Barnet, 
Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, 
Louis Armstrong, & Lionel Hampton

(via Jazz in Photo)

Jam Circle, ILHC 2010 on Flickr.

I’m currently rocking it like a hurricane at ILHC 2011. Here’s a shot from last year to show you what you’re missing if you’re not here with me.

See my entire ILHC 2010 set on Flickr.

[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.

Dancing Dribblers: 1926

Feb. 15, 1926. Washington, D.C. “Palace team, entry in the American basketball league, being taught Charleston by Vivian Mannelli. Left to right: Kearns, Manager Kennedy, Conway, woman playing piano, Miss Marinelli, Grody, and Saunders.” National Photo Company Collection glass negative. View full size.

(via Shorpy)

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