The legendary Wayne King, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Bill Elliot pose at Disneyland near Tomorrowland as they prepare to play in the Disneyland Big Band Festival, June 14, 1964. This photo is part of the UCLA Library Digital Archives.
For all you sax fans out there, here's a closeup of Bill's instrument. Wonder what the letters are in his pocket?
Individual portraits of the quartet from different gigs at Disneyland. Wayne King:
Count Basie from September 1978 at the Plaza Gardens:
Duke Ellington from August 1965:
Bill Elliott from August 27, 1965 in FauxD©:
Not enough sax for you? How about this March 1981 image of the Firehouse Five playing on East Center Street:
Hope you've had enough sax for today!
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that's just plain insanity. what a world!
ReplyDeleteTo see what has become of the Carnation Gardens area just makes me sad. There was such history there. KS
ReplyDeleteHey Dave, the first 2 photos are reversed. The saxophone keys are backwards (my main hint) and the letters of the Richfield Oil sign as well...you might want to flip those :)
ReplyDeleteGood catch Anonymous! Any idea what kind of sax that is?
ReplyDeleteTenor sax!
ReplyDelete1st Pic--Alto on left and Tenor on Right
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That I can figure out; what I was hoping to figure out was what BRAND of sax was shown.
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