How High the Moon; Lady Be Good: Museum Object and Cultural History
How High the Moon; Lady Be Good: recording date: 1944. recording artist: Guy, Joe. recording artist: McGhee, Howard.
The object in the museum catalogue
various artists. side 1: How High the Moon [part 3]; side 2: Lady Be Good [part 1] (Asch 453-2), from the album, Jazz at the Philharmonic, Volume 1 (Asch 453). 78 rpm.
The cover art for this album was by David Stone Martin (born David Livingstone Martin, 1913-1992). Martin was an American artist best known for his illustrations on jazz album covers for labels including Mercury, Asch, Clef, Disc, and Dial. Many of his commissions were from Martin’s longtime friend, American jazz record producer and concert promoter Norman Granz (1918-2001).
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1944
- recording artist: Guy, Joe
- recording artist: McGhee, Howard
- recording artist: Jacquet, Illinois
- recording artist: Ventura, Charlie
- recording artist: Smith, Willie
- recording artist: Finney, Garland
- recording artist: Livingston, Ulysses
- recording artist: Callender, Red
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in; 30.48 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1978.0670.754
- maker number: 453-2
- maker number: 453
- accession number: 1978.0670
- catalog number: 1978.0670.754
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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