Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong appears in 5 performances from 1931, 1942, and 1949.
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Introduction: Athens on the Coloradoin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”Although a largely untold story, Depression-era Austin was home to a significant number of local territory orchestras and dances with major Swing and Sweet bands.Read more…
East Austin Centers of Swing: The Royal Auditorium and the Cotton Club, 817 E. 11thin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”The Royal Auditorium and Cotton Club were the centers of dance and Swing culture in East Austin during the 1930s.Read more…
Photos of the All University Dances: An Image Essayin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”Photographs from All University Dances at the University of Texas are important sources for information about university music culture during the 1930s and 1940s.Read more…
Gene Ramey: A Snapshot of Music in East Austin between 1910 and the early 1930sin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”An oral history with the Austin-born bassist Gene Ramey from the 1970s tells us significant things about music in East Austin in the first third of the twentieth century.Read more…
National Bandsin “Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946”Austin hosted a surprising number of famous visiting big bands, orchestras, and jazz musicians during the Depression and World War II era.Read more…