May 27, 2015

James Everett “Jimmie” Caldwell’s Jazz Jesters

from left to right: Chuck Cheney, Virge Leach, Don Murray, Jimmie Caldwell and Jimmie Fallis

A gorgeous vintage 7″ by 10″ photograph of the Jazz Jesters, a Northern University jazz band founded by Jimmie Caldwell and based in the Chicago of the early 20s. I can’t help but imagine the wild soirees these five slick musicians played for, and how much illegal alcohol they saw flowing.

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This photograph is attached to a grey album backing with a note stating the organist (Jimmie Caldwell) played at a venue (I can’t decypher) in Omaha.

A big thank you to Mavis Purdy of The Vintage Photo Booth group on Facebook and Christian Perales of the Jazz Age group on Facebook too.

Sources:

For in-depth info on this group please visit Jimmie Caldwell’s Jazz Jesters by Albert Haim

James Everett Caldwell’s Find A Grave

Photographer: J.D.Taloff. Evanston ILL.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015 at 1:27 pm and tagged with 1920s, Chicago, Evanston, Illinois, Music, prohibition era, Ragtime, Roaring Twenties, USA and posted in Groups, Others. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

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