Lab Band Competing in the A. F. of M. Best Dance Bands in the USA in 1959

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Photographs of Gene Hall and the Laboratory Dance Band performing on a stage that has a background painted with an beach theme. Hall stands to the left looking downward and snapping the fingers of his right hand. A row of saxophonists stand playing their instruments to the right. The second and fourth desk that the band is standing behind are emblazoned with the the name "Danny Burke." Other band members are sitting behind this front row on an inclined platform while playing their various instruments.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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Creator: Unknown. 1959.

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  • Main Title: Lab Band Competing in the A. F. of M. Best Dance Bands in the USA in 1959
  • Series Title: Early Jazz Scrapbook

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Photographs of Gene Hall and the Laboratory Dance Band performing on a stage that has a background painted with an beach theme. Hall stands to the left looking downward and snapping the fingers of his right hand. A row of saxophonists stand playing their instruments to the right. The second and fourth desk that the band is standing behind are emblazoned with the the name "Danny Burke." Other band members are sitting behind this front row on an inclined platform while playing their various instruments.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.

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A piece of white paper is taped to the photograph and has the following typed upon it: "Lab Band Competing in the A. F. of M. Best Dance Bands in the USA in 1959. The band won in Texas, won in Chicago, and lost at the Roseland Ballroom in N. Y."

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Early Jazz Studies at UNT

This collection of photographs features performances, band members, and band directors of the UNT Laboratory Dance Band, the premier ensemble of the Jazz Studies division at the college.

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Lab Band Competing in the A. F. of M. Best Dance Bands in the USA in 1959, photograph, 1959; (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc181762/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Music Library.

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