Ad: Sonny Blount Orchestra at Highland Park Country Club (1935) (2)

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Title

Ad: Sonny Blount Orchestra at Highland Park Country Club (1935) (2)

Description

Newspaper advertisement for Sonny Blount (Sun Ra) and his Orchestra at Birmingham's Highland Park Country Club. Birmingham Age Herald, July 20, 1935. On a recent tour north, the group had played Cincinnati's Castle Farm, a lavish venue known for hosting major national jazz acts, hence the reference in this ad.

Date

1935-07-20

Original Format

Newspaper clipping

Citation

“Ad: Sonny Blount Orchestra at Highland Park Country Club (1935) (2),” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 1, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/1337.