Among the recently cataloged items we’ll be bringing with us to this weekend’s California Internatio
Among the recently cataloged items we’ll be bringing with us to this weekend’s California International Antiquarian Book Fair: Cab Calloway and His Cotton Club Orchestra: Complete Souvenir Program and Life Sketch of Cab Calloway [Signed, ca.1933]. Cotton Club program providing a biographical sketch of Calloway, background on his character Minnie the Moocher, a ten song setlist, and “Who’s Who in the Band.” Calloway had taken over a brilliant but failing band, The Missourian’s, in 1930; after changing their name to Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, the group was hired by the Cotton Club in 1931 as a replacement for the Duke Ellington Orchestra while they were traveling. Calloway quickly proved so popular at the venue that his band became the co-house band with Ellington’s. An early, signed piece of ephemera from a key period in Calloway’s career. Not found in OCLC. -- source link
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