- Collection:
- Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library
- Title:
- NAC Big Band II
- Creator:
- Alexander, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1978-08
- Subject:
- Community arts projects--Georgia--Atlanta
Atlanta Free Jazz Festival (1st : 1978 Aug. : Georgia)
Jazz festivals--Georgia--Atlanta
African American jazz musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Jazz musicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Big bands--Georgia--Atlanta
Saxophonists--Georgia--Atlanta
Drummers (Musicians)--Georgia--Atlanta
Trumpet players--Georgia--Atlanta
Bass guitarists--Georgia--Atlanta
Jazz--Georgia--Atlanta--History--20th century
Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Jennings, Joe--Performances--Georgia--Atlanta
Nicholson, Howard --Performances--Georgia--Atlanta
Neighborhood Arts Center Big Band II (Atlanta, Ga.)--Performances--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, Woodruff Park, 33.75566, -84.38854 - Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
image/x-mrsid - Description:
- "The NAC Big Band playing in Woodruff Park at the opening event for the Atlanta Free Jazz Festival"--Jim Alexander's annotations.
Neighborhood Arts Center musician-in-residence and Life Force jazz band member Joe Jennings (front row center) and Life Force jazz band member Howard Nicholson (front row left) lead the Neighborhood Arts Center Big Band II at the opening event of the first Atlanta Free Jazz Festival held in Woodruff Park late in August 1978. Jennings, a saxophonist, worked at the Neighborhood Arts Center from February 1976 until September 1978 when he left to teach music at Morehouse College in Atlanta. In the early 1970s Jennings and Howard Nicholson formed the Life Force jazz band in order to perform original work and jazz classics. Although Jennings and Nicholson went on to join other groups, they continue to perform as Life Force.
Title provided by Jim Alexander. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac16
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac16#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac16/presentation/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by Jim Alexander.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Neighborhood Arts Center Big Band II. Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : col. ; 31 x 24 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander Collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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