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Historic Jazz Concert at Music Inn: Museum Object and Cultural History

Historic Jazz Concert at Music Inn: recording date: 1956. manufacturer: Atlantic. Object Name: sound recording.

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The object in the museum catalogue

various artists. Historic Jazz Concert at Music Inn (Atlantic 1298). 33-1/3 rpm.

Music Inn, also called the Music Barn, was an inn, performance venue, and the summer program of jazz education for the Lenox School of Jazz, in Lenox Massachusetts. From 1957-1960, the school featuring faculty including Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Giuffre, Percy Heath, and Connie Kayvenue. The performance venue and inn was in in operation from 1950–1979.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1956
  • manufacturer: Atlantic
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: paper (overall material)
  • Physical Description: ink (overall material)
  • Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
  • place made: United States: New York, New York
  • ID Number: 1978.0670.801
  • maker number: 1298
  • accession number: 1978.0670
  • catalog number: 1978.0670.801
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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