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Jay McShann and His Big Band
This is a 1941 publicity photo for Jay McShann and his Big Band, which included Charlie "Yardbird" Parker.
Janice Cleary Discusses Sheet Music with Omaha Connections
Janice Cleary discussed a few of the pieces of sheet music she shared with History Harvest. Mrs. Cleary brought in several pieces with connections to Omaha, NE, but her entire collection contains nearly 50,000 pieces of American popular music. In…
James Moody, 1948
This is a photograph of James Moody playing tenor sax with the Dizzy Gillespie Band at the Dreamland Ballroom in 1948. The Dizzy Gillespie Band, and other popular jazz and big band musicians brought a large crowds to The Dreamland Ballroom in North…
Evelyn McGee
This is a signed promotional photograph of Evelyn McGee, a vocalist with The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, an all female jazz band. The International Sweethearts of Rhythm played at The Dreamland Ballroom often during the 1940s.
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Earl Bostic at the Dreamland Ballroom
This photograph shows Earl Bostic performing to a packed crowd at the Dreamland Ballroom in North Omaha.
For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube Channel.
Dreamland Ballroom Crowd, late 1940s
This photograph shows a lively crowd dancing to the music at The Dreamland Ballroom during the late 1940s. The Dreamland Ballroom was a popular music venue located in the heart of North Omaha and hosted many local and nationally-renowned musical…
Dreamland Ballroom Crowd
This photograph shows a lively crowd dancing to the music at The Dreamland Ballroom during the 1940s. The Dreamland Ballroom was a popular music venue located in the heart of North Omaha and hosted many local and nationally-renowned musical…
Dizzy Gillespie performing at the Dreamland Ballroom
This is a photo of Dizzy Gillespie playing at The Dreamland Ballroom in the summer of 1948. Dizzy Gillespie was a legendary bebop and jazz trumpet player and toured nationally beginning in the mid-1940s and continuing for decades later.
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Dizzy Gillespie at The Dreamland Ballroom
This photograph shows the legendary Dizzy Gillespie (standing) and his band playing at The Dreamland Ballroom in North Omaha in the summer of 1948.
For interviews and oral histories of this and other items please visit the History Harvest YouTube…
Dan Desdunes Original Concert Band
Dan Desdunes was a prominent jazz musician and band leader when he moved to Omaha from New Orleans just after the turn of the twentieth century. In Omaha, he directed several bands and trained the younger generation of bandleaders in Omaha. The Dan…