Flier advertising a concert featuring the New York Jazz Repertory Company: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier advertising a concert of the New York Repertory Company playing the music of Louis Armstrong. The single sheet, one-sided flier is white with black printed text and features a photograph of Louis Armstrong. Across the top is printed [The New York Jazz Repertory Company Plays / THE MUSIC OF / LOUIS ARMSTRONG] followed by a black and white photograph of Armstrong's face with the mouthpiece of a trumpet at his lips and a description of teh concert series. This is followed by [November 8, 1974 at 8:00 P.M. Carnegie Hall November 15, 1974 at 8:00 P.M.]. Below is a list of the performers for each concert and ticket information. The back of the flyer is blank except for text written at the bottom that reads [NOV 15, 1974].

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1974
• Created by: New York Jazz Repertory Company, American, founded 1974
• Subject of: Louis Armstrong, American, 1901 - 1971
• Subject of: Joe Newman, American, 1922 - 1992
• Subject of: Pee Wee Erwin, American, 1913 - 1981
• Subject of: Mel Davis, American, 1931 - 2004
• Subject of: Ray Nance, American, 1913 - 1976
• Subject of: Vic Dickenson, American, 1906 - 1984
• Subject of: Milt Hinton, American, 1910 - 2000
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W (Sheet): 11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
• Place used: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Object number: 2015.97.27.275
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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