Fidgety Feet; Temptation Rag: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band. side 1: Fidgety Feet; side 2: Temptation Rag (Jazz Man 7). 78 rpm.

Jazz Man Records was founded by David Ashford Stuart in 1941. The record label was devoted to traditional New Orleans-style jazz. In 1946, Stuart sold the label to Nesuhi Ertegun, brother of Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, and Nesuhi’s wife Marili Morden, owners of the Jazz Man Record Shop in Hollywood, the label’s namesake. Jazz Man Records continued to produce recordings until late 1954.

Materials, dates and provenance

• recording date: 1942
• recording artist: Lu Watters' Yerba Buena Jazz Band
• manufacturer: Jazz Man
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
• place made: United States: California, Los Angeles, Hollywood
• general subject association: Music
• ID Number: 1978.0670.296
• maker number: 7
• accession number: 1978.0670
• catalog number: 1978.0670.296
• Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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