Thinks happen

Saturday's Child - Sunshine Girl

2012-01-28T02:55:00.002-05:00

The maid of summer.

Found Friday = The Travel Diary, 1922

2012-01-27T01:07:00.019-05:00

PAGE FOUR

June 10 John Jr and I
All day at the meetings
A man got hurt on the
RR meeting many friend

June 11 The big day of the mee
-ting served dinner to 1800
we leave grantham today
tonight we are in Harrisburg

June12 Away from home one
week went from Harrisburg
to Gettyisburg in car went
over Battle Ffield for 42.00
took Train for Hagerstown
Cousin Dave Long took me
to his home. Stayed
here all night.
June 13 Spent the day
Hee at Dave Longs after
Supper they took us to

PAGE FIVE

Milton and Namie Longs
June 14 This day in Cearfoss
I sewed on my patches after
supper Milton and Namie
brought us to Hagerstown
to Uncle Cal Tias I washed
and Ironed
June 16 Spent all day
At uncle Cals John
had his clothes cleaned
June 17 Came to Clear
Spring a vary warm
day rained in the morning

June 18 Sunday the sec-
-ond one away from
home attended S School
and Church Morning
and evening the tents
Christ is all and in all

PAGE SIX

evening what is man that
Thou but mindfull of him
Uncle Iccas (Isaac) had a lot of
Company

June 19 Monday the girls
washed and some of one
cloths John and John jr went
to the big spring in the
afternoon we took uncle
Isaac horse and buggy and
went -out- to Gruslins they
gave me a lovely bouquet (?)
saw wonderfull wheat fields
came to New Kirks for
supper saw the spring
beautiful ducks and
chickens
June 20 We are
in Clear Spring today

PAGE SEVEN

This afternoon went to
Uncle Isaacs farm was
there for supper

June 21 went to cousin
Lizzies and walked
around in town. Uncle
Isaac went with us to
Uncle Dave Lesliers went
To the graves of Johns Grand
Parents Lesliers at Uncle
Davs we found cousin
Katie sick in bed

June 22 Spent today
at Uncle Daves two
of Uncle Isaacs girls
came over in the
afternoon

I See Chickens - In Color

2012-01-26T01:24:00.001-05:00

Did you hear something?

The most popular photographs
An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography
The best FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned.
Here are a few.
You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"

Saturday's Chld - Dressed in the Finest

2012-01-21T02:12:00.004-05:00

Party Clothes

Found Friday - The Travel Diary, 1922

2012-01-20T01:53:00.106-05:00

This is a small notebook in which someone kept an account of her travels to eastern United States from Abilene, Kansas, by train, trolley, jitney and buggy.

She wrote on only 32 pages; much of the book is blank. So over the next 8 weeks Found Friday will present her account of a simple trip to visit relatives.

Inside cover and first page.

Frannie B. Leslier
Abilene
Kansas

PAGE ONE
Nelson Gyer

Note:
Some pages were enhanced slightly
to bring back faded portions.

PAGE TWO

Mrs J. H. Gish 318 NE 13 Stre
Wolverton 302 NE 13 S
Mrs Andrew Scott 12 S

Mrs May Wood N (?)

Altonna
613 4 Ave

Ester Stayer
Sue Baker
Naumie Smouse (?)
Mrs Jake Brown
Martinsburg
Susan Nunboner (?)
Roaring Spring

PAGE THREE
June 5 1922
Left home noon 23 in
company 70.35 Ticket

June 6 Travelld all day
this evening changed cars
at columbis Ohio
June 7 Arrived at
Grantham ate dinner
at the school building

June 8 Attended the
Meetings met Aunt
Leona and Uncle Jake

June 9 Spent with
Ethel and family
Put up 9 quarts straw
berries John went to
Middletown

I See Chickens - Turned To Stone

2012-01-19T01:15:00.009-05:00

... I turn to stone,
turn to stone, turn to stone, turn to stone.

Music Monday - Darrell Scott

2012-01-16T01:32:00.003-05:00

A fine set from an entertaining Singer/Songwriter.

Come back.

Saturday's Child - Stripe Socks

2012-01-14T02:55:00.000-05:00

Spruced up for a picture.

Not a hair out of place.

Found Friday - So ...it's a secret?

2012-01-13T01:40:00.000-05:00

Oh, oh. Somebody's in trouble.

I See Chickens

2012-01-12T02:46:00.005-05:00

Gordon was always surprised.

Saturday's Child - Sailor Suit

2012-01-07T02:55:00.001-05:00

Stand there by the tree. My aren't you handsome in your sailor suit!

I See Chickens

2012-01-05T02:37:00.010-05:00

Chickens are big business.

Sunday Funnies - Well, NOW I'm confused ...

2012-01-01T01:56:00.003-05:00

Let's see now...

Wasn't it PETER FINCH who was in NETWORK?

Saturday's Child - Parasol

2011-12-31T14:06:00.005-05:00

Summer days. Growing days.

Found Friday - Another List

2011-12-30T01:23:00.013-05:00

Only ONE water.

I See Chickens

2011-12-29T02:28:00.009-05:00

These seem to be at odds about something. Politics probably.

Christmas in LOST GALLERY - December 25, 2011

2011-12-25T02:37:00.009-05:00

For Christmas, a page from over at LOST GALLERY.
I rounded up everything I could find in the collection that seemed about Christmas.

The category has doubled since last year.

... and I probably missed a few.

"Are you going to bed anytime soon?
I want to examine some of those things on that indoor tree."

There are three hobby horses so far on this page.

The most popular photographs
An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.

And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery to us how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few.
You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and Business School
A curious story.
What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
"What are they doing?"

Saturday's Child - I See You!

2011-12-24T13:54:00.005-05:00

I see you!

I See Chickens

2011-12-22T02:26:00.010-05:00

This old thing? I found it in my closet. I just threw it on.

The Camera - Our only Time Machine

2011-12-20T01:40:00.024-05:00

Today's entry comes from over at LOST GALLERY. It was so interesting it seemed worth repeating here.

I found this Cabinet Card in a flea market in Kansas.

After scanning, it looked like this.

Then the yellow was drained away and the contrast bumped for a little enhancement. Now it looks like this.

The reverse looks like this.
It says:
Wm (Bill) and Amanda
Hostetter & Family

From this little bit of evidence, and some time on Ancestry.com, we find there is a story in the lives of these people... from almost 120 years ago.

It appears the picture had to be posed in 1898 between April and September.

Poor Susa May died that year in September at the young age of 8. The baby Russell Jackson was born in April of that same year.

Many things were discovered about the family and their descendants. Days could be spent linking into the many branches of the family. There were many large families.

William himself was one of nine siblings.

One census reveals that William was a “farmer” and that he could not read or write but Amanda could. According to the 1910 census, twelve years after this photograph, the entire family was living in the home of a younger brother Gilbert Douglas Hostetter (1861-1933), and William was listed as doing “odd jobs”.

The couple had three more children after this photo, two of them not lasting a year. Still, many of the children lived long lives, three of them into their eighties, and Bertha reached 93. Mother Amanda, herself, lived 79 years; William only 70.

In 1910 the life expectancy in the US was 48.4 years for men and 51.8 for women. By 1980 it had reached only 70 and 77.4.

And of course, here, digitally, they will live long and interesting lives.

William's younger brother Albert Picket Hostetter (1864-1962), was married apparently about four times, had about 22 children and moved to Kansas in 1900.

That is probably why I now have this photograph.

Sunday Funnies - Something Isn't Right

2011-12-17T13:38:00.000-05:00

That same day ...

Twenty-six CONSECUTIVE life sentences in prison for robbery? Really?

And a smiley-face, con man gets just fourteen years in a white-collar, minimum security, federal detention facility for ... well, something more like TREASON?

Do YOU see something at least out of balance about this?

Saturday's Child - Sitting in a Chair

2011-12-17T02:55:00.002-05:00

Sitting in a chair.

I See Chickens

2011-12-15T01:00:00.009-05:00

It's a lamp. Yes.

Saturday's Child - Big Chair

2011-12-10T02:54:00.003-05:00

Am I being punished?

What for?

I been good.

I See Chickens

2011-12-08T01:09:00.008-05:00

Berger couldn't help feeling superior. He WAS superior. He couldn't help it.

Sunday Funnies - Jack Davis does Homer and Jethro

2011-12-04T02:55:00.000-05:00

Another new addition to the collection!

Saturday's Child - Sitting in a Chair

2011-12-03T13:36:00.005-05:00

You can sit in mommy's chair for your picture.

Happy Birthday Jack Davis.

2011-12-02T01:06:00.039-05:00

Today, in 1924, the fastest illustrator/cartoonist of all time was born.

Jack Davis.

Thanks Jack.

I See Chickens

2011-12-01T01:43:00.000-05:00

Whitney longed for a worm, even a beetle. Just one.

Theater - The State, Gainesville, Texas

2011-11-30T01:41:00.009-05:00

The State, Gainesville, Texas
Now Playing
Jasmine & Judd
Love You
Like Crazy
11.11.11

Sunday Funnies - Jack Davis does Ben Colder

2011-11-27T01:44:00.000-05:00

A new addition to the collection!

Saturday's Child - At the Beach

2011-11-26T01:17:00.024-05:00

Our little girl is growing up.

I See Chickens

2011-11-24T01:42:00.005-05:00

"Tonight," Stephanie schemed. "Tonight's the night."

Music Monday - Teddy Wilson

2011-11-21T01:51:00.063-05:00

Thursday of this week, November 24, is the birthday of one of the most versatile piano players ever.

From WIKI:

Teddy Wilson was born in Austin, Texas in 1912. He studied piano and violin at Tuskegee Institute. After working in the Lawrence "Speed" Webb band, with Louis Armstrong and also "understudying" Earl Hines in Hines's Grand Terrace Cafe Orchestra, Wilson joined Benny Carter's Chocolate Dandies in 1933. In 1935 he joined the Benny Goodman Trio (which consisted of Goodman, Wilson and drummer Gene Krupa, later expanded to the Benny Goodman Quartet with the addition of Lionel Hampton). By joining the trio, Wilson became the first black musician to perform in public with a previously all-white jazz group.

Noted jazz producer and writer John Hammond was instrumental in getting Wilson a contract with Brunswick, starting in 1935, to record hot swing arrangements of the popular songs of the day, with the growing jukebox trade in mind. He recorded fifty hit records with various singers such as Lena Horne and Helen Ward, including many of Billie Holiday's greatest successes.

Teddy Wilson

During these years he also took part in many highly regarded sessions with a wide range of important swing musicians, such as Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers, Red Norvo, Buck Clayton and Ben Webster.

Wilson formed his own short-lived big band in 1939, then led a sextet at Café Society from 1940 to 1944. He was dubbed the "Marxist Mozart" by Howard "Stretch" Johnson due to his support for left-wing causes (he performed in benefit concerts for The New Masses journal and for Russian War Relief, and chaired the Artists' Committee to elect Benjamin J. Davis). In the 1950s he taught at the Juilliard School. Wilson can be seen appearing as himself in the motion picture The Benny Goodman Story (1955).

Wilson lived quietly in suburban Hillsdale, New Jersey in the 1960s and 1970s. He performed as a soloist and with pick-up groups until the final years of his life. Teddy Wilson died on July 31, 1986.

See this previous page.

The art work at the left is another in a series of record album covers done by David Stone Martin

Sunday Funnies - The White Hat

2011-11-20T01:41:00.002-05:00

Yes, a White Hat

But that doesn't necessarily mean he's a good guy.

Saturday's Child - Surf's up

2011-11-19T01:17:00.021-05:00

For a little surf and sunshine.

I See Chickens

2011-11-17T01:42:00.005-05:00

Lydia was thinking of getting a tattoo.

Theater - The Wichita - WIchita Falls, Texas

2011-11-16T01:17:00.015-05:00

Tonight only!

Withita Theater in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Now playing:
Harlistas: An American Journey

Music Monday - JATP

2011-11-14T01:13:00.002-05:00

I couldn’t find any birthdays or events this week to associate with David Stone Martin’s art work. So today we have a various artist album cover by DSM.

This is a 33 rpm set of one of the many, many incarnations of Jazz At The Philharmonic series of tours assembled by Norman Granz, jazz music impresario and producer.

The David Stone Martin drawing shown above, the man with a trumpet, became the overall logo (or icon) for Norman Granz and his record labels, primarily Verve and Clef and shown, Norgran. There is a list of Granz promoted recordings HERE.

Sunday Funnies - Red Hat

2011-11-13T01:35:00.002-05:00

The Red Hat

The shop keeper cometh.
Just a quick shot.

Saturday's Child - Neatness Counts

2011-11-12T01:17:00.002-05:00

Neatness counts.

I See Chickens

2011-11-10T01:42:00.008-05:00

No one knew Alpha's secret. She wasn't even sure of it herself.

Theater - La Rita - Dalhart, Texas

2011-11-09T01:08:00.003-05:00

Now a live performance theater.

La Rita, Dalhart, Texas

Music Monday - Peter Karp and Sue Foley

2011-11-08T01:01:00.005-05:00

Saturday night at the Simmons Center in my home town we were treated to “He Said She Said” a collection of songs written and performed by Peter Karp and Sue Foley. If you are near their tour Go. Simply Go.

The songs are drawn from correspondence between Foley and Karp discussing the muddle of the music business and the rigors of the road. They became friends and the letters became the basis for lyrics.

I became a Sue Foley fan in 2003 at the Toronto Star Blues fest. She has changed some since then, she’s better. And I thought she was a fabulous guitar player THEN!

I repeat: Go see this. It’s fine entertainment.

Yes, yes. I got to hear one of my favorites: “Two Trains” by Foley.
Or maybe "Queen Bee" for some fine guitar work.

This is Sue Foley on stage at the Toronto Star Blues Fest in 2003.

I became a fan that day.

From another part of the program.

The blues is hard work
... playin' the blues is even harder.

And Peter Karp?

Yeah, I became a fan Saturday Night, November 6, 2011.

Sunday Funnies - Too late for Halloween

2011-11-06T01:26:00.010-05:00

Where ever you go,
well, there you are.

Now THAT'S scary ...

Saturday's Child - Ready To Play

2011-11-05T01:09:00.005-05:00

It's play time.

Found Friday - Construction Materials

2011-11-04T01:28:00.010-05:00

Remodeling the Kitchen

I See Chickens

2011-11-03T01:42:00.007-05:00

Finally, Bert had an idea.

Trying to do right.

2011-11-01T14:28:00.000-05:00

On Thursday, October the 27th we met with the man known only as Street Poet. We had braved a two block walk on a cold, rainy day to get a few pictures of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

He was lively, happy and enthusiastic about his cause. He and another fellow were engaged in making coffee and offered us some.

I took this picture of him with Annie at Kerr Park in downtown OKC.

He was found dead in his tent the following Monday, October 31, 2011.

See this fine coverage HERE. And don’t miss the video link near the end.

Music Monday - Jazz At The Philharmonic - program

2011-10-31T01:21:00.002-05:00

I couldn’t find any birthdays or events this week to associate with David Stone Martin’s art work. So today we have instead a concert program cover by DSM.

This is a program cover from one of the many, many incarnations of Jazz At The Philharmonic series of tours assembled by Norman Granz, jazz music impresario and producer. The artwork again, is by David Stone Martin.

Saturday's Child - Clamp-on Roller Skates

2011-10-29T01:03:00.028-05:00

Saturday's Child with Clamp-On Roller Skates

Found Friday - Two Lists

2011-10-28T01:10:00.006-05:00

PT? Oh-oh.

I See Chickens

2011-10-27T01:44:00.010-05:00

An awkward moment.
The plan came to a standstill when Charles realized that none of them could tell time.

Theater - No Name - Ardmore, OK

2011-10-26T01:29:00.001-05:00

A theater with no name.
Ardmore, OK

Music Monday - Dizzy Gillespie and Don Byas

2011-10-24T01:29:00.002-05:00

Things are sort of dull around the Music Monday composing room, so for the next few weeks the cracked editorial staff has decided on a new feature for the day:

The artwork of David Stone Martin on record covers.

One exciting work of art (called Illustration by some) will be presented here each week until they run out. Most scans are from the editor's personal library and the original copyrights apply.

They are presented here for admiration and educational purposes only.

Next Friday, October 21, marks the birthday of two Jazz legends:
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie born in 1917 and Don Byas born in 1912.

David Stone Martin did several covers for Dizzy Gillespie and at least two for Don Byas.

Dizzy Gillespie made many recordings here are a few from late in his life.
1977: Free Ride
1981: Digital at Montreux, 1980 (Toots Thielemans, Bernard Purdie)
1985: New Faces (with Robert Ameen, Branford Marsalis, Kenny Kirkland, Lonnie Plaxico, Charlie Christian)
1988: Oop Pop a Da (with Moe Koffman)
1989: Live at the Royal Festival Hall London July 10, 1989
1989: The Symphony Sessions (with Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa)
1990: The Winter in Lisbon
1990: Rhythmstick (CTI Records)
1991: Live! at Blues Alley (with Ron Holloway, Ed Cherry, John Lee, Ignacio Berroa)
1992: Groovin' High
1992: To Bird With Love
1995: In Paris v.2 Vogue RCA 1995
2000: Dizzy For President Douglas Records

Here are a few recordings from Don Byas.
Don Byas in Paris (1946–49)
Those Barcelona Days 1947-1948
Le Grand Don Byas (1952–55)
The Mary Lou Williams Quartet featuring Don Byas (1954)
Don Byas with Beryl Booker (1955)
A Tribute to Cannonball (with Bud Powell, 1961)
Amalia Rodrigues with Don Byas (1973)
A Night in Tunisia (1963)
Walkin' (1963)
Anthropology (1963)
Autumn Leaves (live with Stan Tracey, 1965)
Don Byas Quartet featuring Sir Charles Thompson (1967)
Ben Webster meets Don Byas (1968)

From WIKI:
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpet player, bandleader, singer, and composer dubbed "the sound of surprise".

Together with Charlie Parker, he was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz. He taught and influenced many other musicians, including trumpeters Miles Davis, Fats Navarro, Clifford Brown, Arturo Sandoval, Lee Morgan, Jon Faddis[2] and Chuck Mangione.

Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge[5] but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. Dizzy's beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn, pouched cheeks and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop

From WIKI:
Both of Byas's parents were musical: his mother played the piano and father the clarinet. Byas started his training in classical music, first on the violin, then on the clarinet and finally on the alto saxophone, which he played until the end of the 1920s. Multi-instrumentalist Benny Carter was his idol at this time. He started playing in local orchestras at the age of 17, with the likes of Bennie Moten, Terrence Holder and Walter Page's Blue Devils. At Langston College, Oklahoma, he founded and led his own college band, "Don Carlos and His Collegiate Ramblers", during 1931-32.

Byas switched to the tenor saxophone after he moved to West Coast and played with various Los Angeles bands. In 1933, he took part in a West coast tour with Bert Johnson’s Sharps and Flats. He was a member of various other bands in the area including those of Lionel Hampton, Eddie Barefield, Buck Clayton (1936), Lorenzo Flennoy and Charlie Echols.

Saturday's Child - Growing up too fast

2011-10-22T01:48:00.002-05:00

Boy and rattan chair

Photographer:
F. J. Steinborns
Cor's Fond du Lac Ave.
28th & Center Sts.
Milwaukee

Found Friday - Ryan's List

2011-10-21T01:40:00.026-05:00

Let's make Ryan do it.

Theater - The Palace - Fredericksburg, Texas

2011-10-19T01:23:00.005-05:00

Now playing:
Parts Unknown, A Fashion Adventure
and
Hill Country Fudge
Fredericksburg, Texas

Music Monday - Anita O'Day

2011-10-17T01:05:00.012-05:00

Anita O'Day (October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006) was an American jazz singer.
From WIKI:
Born Anita Belle Colton, O'Day was admired for her sense of rhythm and dynamics, and her early big band appearances shattered the traditional image of the "girl singer". Refusing to pander to any female stereotype, O'Day presented herself as a "hip" jazz musician, wearing a band jacket and skirt as opposed to an evening gown. She changed her surname from Colton to O'Day, pig Latin for "dough," slang for money.
She cited Martha Raye as the primary influence on her vocal style, although she also expressed admiration for Mildred Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday.

O'Day always maintained that the accidental excision of her uvula during a childhood tonsillectomy left her incapable of vibrato, and unable to maintain long phrases. That botched operation, she claimed, forced her to develop a more percussive style based on short notes and rhythmic drive. However, when she was in good voice she could stretch long notes with strong crescendos and a telescoping vibrato, e.g. her live version of "Sweet Georgia Brown" at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival, captured in Bert Stern's film Jazz on a Summer's Day.[1]

O'Day's backbeat-based singing style was strongly influential on many other female singers of the late swing and bebop eras, including June Christy, Chris Connor and Doris Day.

Saturday's Child - 1935

2011-10-15T01:34:00.004-05:00

Are you done yet? I got things to do.

Found Friday - Budget

2011-10-14T01:33:00.001-05:00

DARTS?

Chicken Every Thursday

2011-10-13T01:40:00.009-05:00

This old thing? It was just hanging in the back of my closed. I don't know where I got it.

The Granbury Live - Granbury, Texas

2011-10-12T01:13:00.002-05:00

The Granbury Live
Granbury, Texas
Now Playing:
REGULAR CONCERTS
SATURDAY 2 AND 7 PM
801 573 0303

MARCH
TEACHER SPECIAL
GRANBURY LIVE COM

Music Monday - Art Tatum

2011-10-10T01:05:00.001-05:00

October 13 in 1909 Art Tatum was born. Next Thursday is his birthday. Did you send a card? You didn't send one to Buddy Rich either. I am beginning to suspect.

David Stone Martin apparently did art work for several Art Tatum Albums. Pictured are four. The artwork was often repeated on reissues using different layouts and backgrounds.

From WIKI:
Arthur "Art" Tatum, Jr. (October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956) was an American jazz pianist and virtuoso. He was noted for his extremely fast runs despite being nearly blind.

Tatum is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest jazz pianists of all time. Critic Scott Yanow wrote, "Tatum's quick reflexes and boundless imagination kept his improvisations filled with fresh (and sometimes futuristic) ideas that put him way ahead of his contemporaries ...

Art Tatum's recordings still have the ability to scare modern pianists."

In 1925, Tatum moved to the Columbus School for the Blind, where he studied music and learned braille. Subsequently he studied piano with Overton G. Rainey at either the Jefferson School or the Toledo School of Music. Rainey, who too was visually impaired, likely taught Tatum in the classical tradition, as Rainey did not improvise and discouraged his students from playing jazz. In 1927, Tatum began playing on Toledo radio station WSPD as 'Arthur Tatum, Toledo's Blind Pianist', during interludes in Ellen Kay's shopping chat program and soon had his own program.
By the age of 19, Tatum was playing with singer Jon Hendricks, also an Ohioan, at the local Waiters' and Bellmens' Club.

As word of Tatum spread, national performers, including Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Joe Turner and Fletcher Henderson, passing through Toledo would make it a point to drop in to hear the piano phenomenon.

Tatum tended to work and to record unaccompanied, partly because relatively few musicians could keep pace with his fast tempos and advanced harmonic vocabulary. Other musicians expressed amazed bewilderment at performing with Tatum. Drummer Jo Jones, who recorded a 1956 trio session with Tatum and bassist Red Callender is quoted as quipping, "I didn't even play on that session [...] all I did was listen. I mean, what could I add? [...] I felt like setting my damn drums on fire."
Buddy DeFranco said that playing with Tatum was "like chasing a train.

Tatum said of himself: "A band hampers me."

Tatum did not readily adapt or defer to other musicians in ensemble settings. Early in his career he was required to restrain himself when he worked as accompanist for vocalist Adelaide Hall in 1932-33. Perhaps because Tatum believed there was a limited audience for solo piano, he formed a trio in 1943 with guitarist Tiny Grimes and bassist Slam Stewart, whose perfect pitch enabled him to follow Tatum's excursions. He later recorded with other musicians, including a notable session with the 1944 Esquire Jazz All-Stars, which included Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday and other jazz greats, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. He also recorded memorable group sessions for Norman Granz in the mid-1950s.

Sunday Funnies - New Word

2011-10-09T01:53:00.047-05:00

Yeah, I missed it too the first time.

Do you suppose they also have the IN-PERSON ABENTOR VOTING?
Or maybe the IN-PERSON ABENTED VOTING?

Saturday's Child - He'll grow into it.

2011-10-08T01:13:00.003-05:00

From the itinerant photographer.
A photographer, a pony and some costumes. He walks a neighborhood, taking pictures of the children sitting on the pony. He then sells the prints to the parents.

You couldn't do this today. The liability insurance would be prohibitive.

Found Friday - Problems and Solutions

2011-10-07T01:25:00.005-05:00

Hello everyone!

Before we begin this session of our SELF-HELP seminar, let's take a piece of notebook paper and list each of your problems as you see them now.

Later, on the reverse we'll list all of the solutions we have discovered!

I see Chickens

2011-10-06T01:04:00.010-05:00

That does it.
I'm signing up for a yoga class.

Theater - The Jones - Westcliffe, Colorado

2011-10-05T01:03:00.023-05:00

The Jones Theater
Westcliffe, Colorado

Now playing:

Tom Cruise
Knight and Day
Fri & Sat 7:30 PG13

Thinks happen

Saturday's Child - Sunshine Girl

Found Friday = The Travel Diary, 1922

I See Chickens - In Color

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Saturday's Chld - Dressed in the Finest

Found Friday - The Travel Diary, 1922

I See Chickens - Turned To Stone

Music Monday - Darrell Scott

Saturday's Child - Stripe Socks

Found Friday - So ...it's a secret?

I See Chickens

Saturday's Child - Sailor Suit

I See Chickens

Sunday Funnies - Well, NOW I'm confused ...

Saturday's Child - Parasol

Found Friday - Another List

I See Chickens

Christmas in LOST GALLERY - December 25, 2011

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Saturday's Child - I See You!

I See Chickens

The Camera - Our only Time Machine

Sunday Funnies - Something Isn't Right

Saturday's Child - Sitting in a Chair

I See Chickens

Saturday's Child - Big Chair

I See Chickens

Sunday Funnies - Jack Davis does Homer and Jethro

Saturday's Child - Sitting in a Chair

Happy Birthday Jack Davis.

I See Chickens

Theater - The State, Gainesville, Texas

Sunday Funnies - Jack Davis does Ben Colder

Saturday's Child - At the Beach

I See Chickens

Music Monday - Teddy Wilson

Sunday Funnies - The White Hat

Saturday's Child - Surf's up

I See Chickens

Theater - The Wichita - WIchita Falls, Texas

Music Monday - JATP

Sunday Funnies - Red Hat

Saturday's Child - Neatness Counts

I See Chickens

Theater - La Rita - Dalhart, Texas

Music Monday - Peter Karp and Sue Foley

Sunday Funnies - Too late for Halloween

Saturday's Child - Ready To Play

Found Friday - Construction Materials

I See Chickens

Trying to do right.

Music Monday - Jazz At The Philharmonic - program

Saturday's Child - Clamp-on Roller Skates

Found Friday - Two Lists

I See Chickens

Theater - No Name - Ardmore, OK

Music Monday - Dizzy Gillespie and Don Byas

Saturday's Child - Growing up too fast

Found Friday - Ryan's List

Theater - The Palace - Fredericksburg, Texas

Music Monday - Anita O'Day

Saturday's Child - 1935

Found Friday - Budget

Chicken Every Thursday

The Granbury Live - Granbury, Texas

Music Monday - Art Tatum

Sunday Funnies - New Word

Saturday's Child - He'll grow into it.

Found Friday - Problems and Solutions

I see Chickens

Theater - The Jones - Westcliffe, Colorado