Object Details
- Description (Brief)
Jimmy Dorsey and his Original "Dorseyland" Jazz Band. side 1: Jazz Me Blues; side 2: Panama (Columbia 38654), from the album, Dixie By Dorsey (Columbia C-196).
78 rpm.Jim (James) Flora (1914-1998) created the cover art for this album. Flora was a successful commercial illustrator during the 1940s-1970s as well as an author and illustrator for children’s books. He was best known for his unique and quirky album cover art for RCA Victor and Columbia during the 1940s and 1950s. Flora created numerous paintings, drawings, etchings, and sketches throughout his prolific career.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- recording artist
- Jimmy Dorsey and his Original "Dorseyland" Jazz Band
- manufacturer
- Columbia
- recording date
- 1949
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- shellac (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- Object Name
- sound recording
