Jazzmobile: Thirteenth Year of Free Concerts: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A 1977 flier for the Jazzmobile. The flier is printed in black ink on white paper. At the top and right sides is a wide, L-shaped band of black with [jazzmobile] in bold white text wrapping around the corner. At top left is a small illustrated graphic of mirror image saxophone players, one in white and the other in black, surrounded by a rectangle of white. The body of the flier has the heading: [thirteenth year of free concerts / 1977 / JAZZ – AMERICA’S CLASSICAL MUSIC / August 22 – August 26 / Unit 1]. A two-column schedule of events follows, listing the boroughs (Brooklyn and Manhattan), dates, and times, with the corresponding performing artist and host locations. For four days of late August 1977, jazz performers included Clifford Jordan Quintet, Charles Mingus, Mongo Santamaría, Socidad, and Roland Alexander Sextet. New York state sponsors are listed in the bottom third of the poster under “SUPPORTED BY:” and include: [New York State Council on the Arts / National Endowment for the Arts / New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, PRCA / Office of the Bronx Borough President / EXXON / International Telephone & Telegraph / Pianos courtesy of: / YAMAHA / Drums courtesy of: / PREMIER]. There are no markings on the reverse of the poster.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1977
• Created by: Jazzmobile, American, founded 1964
• Subject of: National Endowment for the Arts, American, founded 1965
• Subject of: Clifford Jordan, American, 1931 - 1993
• Subject of: Charles Mingus, American, 1922 - 1979
• Subject of: Mongo Santamaría, Cuban American, 1917 - 2003
• Subject of: Roland Alexander, American, 1935 - 2006
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 × 8 7/16 in. (27.9 × 21.5 cm)
• Place depicted: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Associations and institutions
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Music
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2023.83.5
• 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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