Baden Powell, Pixinguinha, Dorival Caymmi and Vinicius de Moraes posing for the magazine Realidade, with the cover of the Tom Jobim album c.1965 photo by David Zingg
Slim Gaillard, Sarah Vaughan & Pee Wee Marquette at Sarah Vaughan’s Birthday party at Birdland in NYC on the early morning of March 28, 1954. Photo by William “PoPsie” Randolph.
c1928….Jack Penewell and his Stella “Twiin-Six” guitar.
Jack was a multi-neck instrumentalist - he played a twin 6 string guitar and a twin 6 steel guitar. He also designed the world’s first double neck steel guitar (an acoustic model built by Gibson in 1932).
Jack Penewell was one of the stars of Marsh Laboratories’ Autograph label in the mid-1920s. Playing a Stella “Twin-Six” guitar, Penewell was already a hit with Midwestern radio fans when he cut his first known sides for Orlando Marsh in late 1924 or early 1925. He later went on to record a few titles for Paramount that were issued on their low-priced Broadway label .
Earl Hines (piano) and Louis Armstrong (trumpet) at a 1948 jam session in Rome. They are joined by Jack Teagarden (trombone) and a host of local artists.
