Ernie Fields, jazz artist in Tulsa, OK, and his orchestra, 1900 - 2010

Item — Box: 3

Identifier: 4327.10364

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Printed in black ink, "ERNIE FIELDS AND HIS ORCHESTRA" in lower left corner on recto; Printed in black ink, "ERNIE FIELDS ARTIST 1852 N. Peoria Avenue Tulsa 10, Okla. [partially cut off]" in lower right corner on recto; Inscribed in red ink, "#23 P. 92" in upper right corner on verso; Inscribed in blue ink, ""Best Swing Band in America" Ernie Fields, Tulsa bandleader, 3rd from right holding trombone" in center on verso

Curatorial Remarks

People: Ernie Fields band members, Ernie Fields Places: Tulsa, Ok Purpose: performance photo

Community Elder Tags: brown tone photo, band members, female member, stage photo, instruments, orchestra, plaid suits, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, director baton, tenor sax, bow ties, baritone

Montecella Driver, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Curatorial Remarks

Community Youth Tags: Bandleader, Tulsa, Trombone, Ernie Fields, Swing Band, Peoria

Iana Redman, Community Expert for the Eddie Faye Gates project, 2020-2022

Dates

1900 - 2010

Access Restrictions

The Eddie Faye Gates collection is open for research. Restrictions pertaining to the use of these materials may apply based on copyright and/or licensing. All collection materials, including those not online, may be accessed in-person in the Maxine and Jack Zarrow Reading Room at the Helmerich Center for American Research. Please submit a Request to Conduct Research form to schedule a research visit. For all other inquiries, please contact hcarlibrary@utulsa.edu.