[Leica] IMG: From Waaaaay Back

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks for the kind words.  In the late forties, our favorite visiting 
bands were those like Stan Kenton and Woodie Herman.

On 3/10/20 1:22 PM, Jean-Michel Mertz via LUG wrote:
> Love that picture. I went to a US college (Otterbein College, Westerville, OH) in the sixties  - the bands were smaller, I agree, and the big jazz bands like the Duke's had become legends and familiar campus figures. Nostalgia ...  Thanks for posting this! JM
> Jean-Michel Mertz
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> Occasionally, I recall photos from a long time ago, and check to see if
> I still have them in my files.  This one is from the late 1940s, the
> time of Speed Graphics and large flash bulbs, and was probably shot by
> Stanley Coumbe, one of my classmates who shot for the college paper, The
> Reflector.  I found a black and white 8x10 glossy stuck between the
> pages of one of my yearbooks, and scanned it.
>
> This was the first of several college bands I played with, to help with
> college expenses.  This was about 1948, and there were still a large
> number of veterans enrolled under the GI Bill. Looking at the group, I
> think all except two or three were in that category.  I'm the fourth guy
> from the right in the front row. Red Terry, who ran the band at this
> time, is the bass player.  I think I can name them all, so I'm not
> senile yet.
>
> The occasion was a Sorority Dance for the Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20020430-Collegians+1.JPG.html
>
> Demand for large, 15-piece bands went away around 1950, when they were
> replaced by smaller combos with loud amplifiers.
>
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> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
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