Sister Kate; Fidgety Feet: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sister Kate; Fidgety Feet: recording date: 1945. recording artist: Sullivan, Joe. recording artist: Joe Sullivan Quartet.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Joe Sullivan Quartet. Sister Kate; side 2: Joe Sullivan. Fidgety Feet (Disc 6003). from the album, Joe Sullivan Quartet (Disc 701). 78 rpm.
Album cover illustration 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, 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: 1945
- recording artist: Sullivan, Joe
- recording artist: Joe Sullivan Quartet
- artist: Martin, David Stone
- manufacturer: Disc
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1978.0670.599
- accession number: 1978.0670
- maker number: 6003
- maker number: 701
- catalog number: 1978.0670.599
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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