Arnett Cobb Collection 1929 to 1989 1955 to 1989

Hampton, Lionel

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Lionel Hampton was born in Louisville, Kentucky on April 20, 1908. He died on August 31, 2002 in New York City. He showed a talent for music at an early age and by high school, was playing drums with a jazz band organized by his employer, a newspaper called the Chicago Defender. Later, he attended classes in music theory at the University of Southern California and gained a reputation as a great drummer on the West Coast. In 1930, Louis Armstrong, when working for Les Hite’s band, a...

El Dorado Club (Houston, Tex.)

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Arnett Cobb and His Mobb (Musical group)

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Jack Yates High School (Houston, Tex.)

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Jacquet, Illinois

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Majestic Theater (Houston, Tex.)

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Milton Larkin Orchestra (Musical group)

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Brown, Jewel

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Boone, Chester

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Houston Public Library

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The Old Vault Collection contains documents, records, and correspondence relating to Texas history. The materials date from as early as 1796 to the late 1890's. The accumulation of these early papers began before the establishment of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center, and were originally kept in the library vault for safekeeping. This arrangement of the material explains the diversity of the collection and its peculiarly eclectic nature. From the guide to the Old Vault Collect...

Davis, Frank

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Ellington, Lionel, 1899–1974

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Cobb, Arnett, 1918–1989

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In Houston in the 1930s Phyllis Wheatley High School in the Fifth Ward produced many talented musicians from the school’s acclaimed music program. The climate in the Houston community outside the school, was also condusive to the development of young musicians. Houston citizens frequently had opportunities to see national acts perform in local venues such as the Puritan Temple, the Houston City Auditorium and Loew’s Theater. This was an inspirational introduction to music for Housto...

Booker T. Washington High School (Houston, Tex.)

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Larkin, Milton

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Phyllis Wheatley High School (Houston, Tex.)

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Puritan Temple (Houston, Tex.)

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Paladium (Houston, Tex.)

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