Al Grey and Rosalie Soladar Papers circa1925-2009 1989-2000

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Al Grey and Rosalie Soladar Papers circa1925-2009 1989-2000

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Al Grey was a jazz trombonist and bandleader. RosalieSoladar was his companion and personal manager. Materials in this collection spanmost of Grey's career after their partnership. The collection includes contracts andschedules of Al Grey's engagements, correspondence, arrangements, clothing,artifacts and ephemera, audiotape master recordings, and a trombone.

85.2 cubic feet

University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives

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Grey, Al

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Albert Thornton Grey was born in Aldie, Virginia on June 6, 1925 to Richard Edward Grey and Lucy Anna Grey. As a boy Al Grey played the baritone horn at the Goodwill Boys Band of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, led by his father. Al Grey joined the Navy in 1942 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Previous to 1942, African Americans served in the Navy only as mess attendants and stewards. Due to a manpower shortage and discrimination during World War II, however, African Americans wer...

Soladar, Rosalie

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Albert Thornton Grey was born in Aldie, Virginia on June 6, 1925 to Richard Edward Grey and Lucy Anna Grey. As a boy Al Grey played the baritone horn at the Goodwill Boys Band of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, led by his father. Al Grey joined the Navy in 1942 at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Previous to 1942, African Americans served in the Navy only as mess attendants and stewards. Due to a manpower shortage and discrimination during World War II, however, African Americans wer...