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Bronzeville to Harlem: An American Story, Preston Jackson Peoria Riverfront Museum, November of 2024
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Bronzeville to Harlem: An American Story, Preston Jackson Peoria Riverfront Museum, November of 2024
Star Dust
Star Dust (aka Stardust) is a 1927 Hoagy Carmichael tune, with lyrics added by Mitchell Parish in 1929. It’s a song about a song about love. With its idiosyncratic melody, it became an American standard and is one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century with over 1,500 recordings.
This Louis Armstrong version, was recorded in 1931. Armstrong’s trumpet and vocals are both heard at full maturity on this performance, which ranks as one of the great early ballad performances in jazz history.
The personnel on this recording
Louis Armstrong, (Trumpet, Vocal)
Zilner Randolph, (Trumpet)
Preston Jackson, (Trombone)
Lester Boone, (Clarinet, Alto Saxophone)
George James, (Reeds)
Albert Washington, (Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone)
Charlie Alexander, (Piano)
Mike McKendrick, (Banjo, Guitar)
John Lindsay, (Bass)
Tubby Hall, (Drums)
And this is the dapper young Armstrong in 1931
– Bozzie 🎷
A dark and silent auditorium...a well worn stage...and tattered curtains...this is our theatre...a silence over the crowd...a sea of blood shot eyes with vacant stares...a volley of whispers...be still...the show must begin...an altered reality and with view askew...the ghosts of memories ever lingering...softly caressing...Languid...seduced by a gentle breeze...a sleek and delicate line...the actors play out their lines...word for word and note by note...and gentle action with silent subtleties...back to the story...our minds silent and selective...cool and collected...silence in the audience...in and amongst a comprehensive love affair...the show goes on...the end is certainly near...the curtain is drawn...the stage...our own reality...blood sweat and tears...and maybe it’s just amongst ourselves a little volley of cheers a couple of smiles and the sound of laughter...the little things we will most certainly remember...
- Preston Jackson
What I learned today
Catalog for Preston Jackson - Julieanne's Descendants: Images from the Closet Trunk, February 27 - April 12, 2009 at the College of Lake County/Robert T. Wright Gallery, Grayslake, IL. Preston Jackson signature obtained in 2012. Click here to view publication.
Emancipation (2006) | Preston Jackson