Art Foxall Collection 1925 to 1990 1940s-1950s

Shaw, Artie, 1910-2004

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Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction. Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." Before the release of "Beguine," Shaw and...

Johnson, Clarence

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

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Milburn, Amos

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Phyllis Wheatley High School (Houston, Tex.)

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Bridgewater, Joseph

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Everett (Wash.) Symphony Orchestra

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El Dorado Ballroom (Houston, Tex.)

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Berklee College of Music (Boston, Mass.)

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Gee, Matthew, 1925-1979

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Bostick, Earl

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Smalley, Jr., Isaah H.

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Jones, Abner

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New England Conservatory of Music

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Vinson, Eddie

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Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

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Foxall, Art

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Art Foxall was born in Houston’s Fourth Ward April 21, 1925 after his family moved from Louisiana to Texas. Mr. Foxall’s childhood was spent attending Blackshear Elementary and then Jack Yates High School. Mr. Foxall was one of many luminaries to surface from the music department at Yates. His musical career began with his playing the clarinet in the high school band under the direction of Mr. Abner Jones. After a short while Mr. Foxall decided to play the saxophone exclusively. ...

Ye Olde College Inn (Houston, Tex.)

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Jacquet, Russell

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Jones, Quincy, 1933-....

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An impresario in the broadest and most creative sense of the word, Quincy Jones' career has encompassed the roles of composer, record producer, artist, film producer, arranger, conductor, instrumentalist, television producer, record company executive, magazine founder and multi-media entrepreneur. As a master inventor of musical hybrids, he has shuffled pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music into many dazzling fusions, traversing virtually every medium, including record...

Cobb, Arnett, 1918-1989

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Rosedale Pharmacy (Houston, Tex.)

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

Jack Yates High School (Houston, Tex.)

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