Portrait of Junior #Raglin and #SonnyGreer, #Aquarium, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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Portrait of #SonnyGreer, Aquarium?), #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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Portrait of #BarneyBigard, #BenWebster, #OttoTobyHardwicke), #HarryCarney, #RexWilliamStewart, #SonnyGreer, #WallaceLeon) Jones?), and #RayNance, #HowardTheater?), #Washington, #D.C., between 1938 and 1948

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Portrait of Duke Ellington, Junior #Raglin, #JuanTizol, #BarneyBigard, #BenWebster, #HarryCarney, #RexWilliamStewart, and #SonnyGreer, #HowardTheater?), #Washington, #D.C., between 1938 and 1948

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Portrait of Duke Ellington, Junior #Raglin, Tricky #SamNanton?), #JuanTizol, #BarneyBigard, #BenWebster, #OttoTobyHardwicke), #HarryCarney, #RexWilliamStewart, and #SonnyGreer, #HowardTheater?), #Washington, #D.C., between 1938 and 1948

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Portrait of Junior #Raglin, #LawrenceBrown, #JohnnyHodges, #DukeEllington, #RayNance, #SonnyGreer, #FredGuy, and #HarryCarney, #Aquarium, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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Happy Birthday to the "original mad drummer", as Ethan Iverson calls him (or maybe Donald Bailey did?*), Sonny Greer (13 December 1895–23 March 1982)

https://youtu.be/4nUCa9GykEE

*) source: https://ethaniverson.com/drums-and-cymbals-by-donald-bailey/

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