Local Memory:
A History of Music in Austin
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Images from 1947
Johnny Simmons and his Orchestra, L.C. Anderson High School Prom, 1947
Austin History Center, Austin Public Library PICA 30019
Artists
Johnnie Simmons and His Orchestra
James Moody (tenor saxophone), with Dizzy Gillespie (trumpet), 1947
William P. Gottlieb,
Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie, James Moody, and Howard Johnson
, Downbeat, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. United States, 1947. Monographic. Photograph.
Appears in…
“National Bands” from Athens on the Colorado: The Dominance of the Universities, 1929-1946
Austin Statesman
(June 30, 1947).
Appears in…
“Beyond the City Limits: The New Dance Halls” from The Wild Side of Life: The Rise of the Honky Tonks, 1940-1950
Venues
Elm Grove Lodge