Louis Jordan "Blue Light Boogie": Mr. Personality, In Person!: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A souvenir program for a performance by Louis Jordan at the Booker T. Washington Auditorium in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted by Frank Painia of the Dew Drop Inn. The program graphics consists of black print on white paper with magenta highlights. A black-and-white image of a smiling Louis Jordan appears at the center right hand side along with a full length black-and-white image of Jordan below, holding an alto saxaphone in his right hand.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1949
• Created by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Louis Jordan, American, 1908 - 1975
• Subject of: Dew Drop Inn, American, 1938 - 1972
• Type: programs
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)
• Place used: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Jazz (Music)
• Topic: Musicians
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Object number: 2011.145.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Henrietta W. Shelton, Chicken Bone Beach Historical Foundation, Inc.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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