Southern Syncopated Orchestra + Sidney Bechet August 14, 1919 Program
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Description
Here's an original, four-page printed program for the Southern Syncopated Orchestra's appearance at London's Philharmonic Hall on August 14, 1919. Will Marion Cook is the musical director. The concert included "Characteristic Blues," a history-making "clarionet solo" by "Sydney Bechet."
The SSO's concerts prompted what may be the first published jazz criticism. In 1919, conductor Ernst Ansermet wrote in the "Revue Romande" about the interest jazz could hold for classical musicians. The article became famous for its early perception of Bechet's talent. (See the last photo, from Walter Schaap's translation of the article for the French magazine "Jazz Hot.").
All of the pages are pictured in this listing.
This 7-1/2" by 10" program is in very good condition overall. There is a half-inch tear to the front cover (visible in the first photo at the right margin, opposite the word "southern"). The program is faintly creased because a prior owner folded it in half horizontally. The original owner wrote the date of the concert on the cover in fountain pen.
I'll ship this rare item only by priority mail.
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