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At the Jazz Band Ball · May 17, 2026

Pittsburgh Jazz, 1920s-40s

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At the Jazz Band Ball · At the Jazz Band Ball

Musicians:
Lois Deppe and His Serenaders, Earl Hines, Earl Hines and His Orchestra, Mary Lou Williams, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy, Duke Ellington Orchestra, Ivie Anderson, Billy Strayhorn, Maxine Sullivan, Roy Eldridge, Lena Horne, Billy Eckstine, Erroll Garner.

Music:
Cavernism (1933); Southland (Dear Old Southland) (1923); Drag ’Em (1930); 57 Varieties (1928); Monday Date (1929); Walkin’ and Swingin’ (1936); Something to Live For (1939); Lush Life (1935, rec. Strayhorn in1964); Chelsea Bridge (1941); Blue Skies (rec.1937); Bill (rec. 1946); Jelly, Jelly (1940); After You’ve Gone (rec. 1937); Where the Lazy River Goes By (1937); Pastel (1944); Erroll’s Bounce (1945).

Maxine Sullivan at the Village Vanguard, New York City, in 1947.

Maxine Sullivan - Blue Skies (rec. 1937)

Billy Strayhorn, Lush Life (rec. 1964)

Erroll Garner - Erroll’s Bounce (rec. 1945)

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