Carroll Gibbons London Savoy Hotel Band Orpheans Jazz Pianist Hand Signed 19...
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PFAS199 Antique circa 1930s hand signed 5.5" x 3.5" real photo postcard of Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans which has been personally signed by Carroll Gibbons where his signature rests perfectly below h ... Read More
PFAS199 Antique circa 1930s hand signed 5.5" x 3.5" real photo postcard of Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans which has been personally signed by Carroll Gibbons where his signature rests perfectly below his portrait with his full band- this has line handling indenture to single place on lower left border as fault otherwise mint - Surely the only postcard from the era featuring Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans and the signing is undedicated too - From an extensive antique jazz and big band autograph collection - Please see all my others items at my store.
Carroll Richard Gibbons (January 4, 1903 May 10, 1954) was an American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer who made his career primarily in England during the British dance band era Gibbons was born and raised in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States,one of three children of Peter and Mary Gibbons. In his late teens he travelled to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music.
In 1924, he returned to London as a relief pianist with the Boston Orchestra for an engagement at the Savoy Hotel in the Strand. He liked Britain so much that he settled there, and after becoming pianist with the Sylvians, featuring members of the Savoy Orpheans, he later became the co-leader (with Howie Jacobs) of the Orpheans, the resident band at the Savoy Hotel until their contract ended in 1927.
Carroll Richard Gibbons (January 4, 1903 May 10, 1954) was an American-born pianist, bandleader and popular composer who made his career primarily in England during the British dance band era Gibbons was born and raised in Clinton, Massachusetts, United States,one of three children of Peter and Mary Gibbons. In his late teens he travelled to London to study at the Royal Academy of Music.
In 1924, he returned to London as a relief pianist with the Boston Orchestra for an engagement at the Savoy Hotel in the Strand. He liked Britain so much that he settled there, and after becoming pianist with the Sylvians, featuring members of the Savoy Orpheans, he later became the co-leader (with Howie Jacobs) of the Orpheans, the resident band at the Savoy Hotel until their contract ended in 1927.
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