Letter from Coleman Hawkins to Renée Gertler

  • Reference number
  • NJA/C/DIA/COR/148
  • Title
  • Letter from Coleman Hawkins to Renée Gertler
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  • Date of creation
  • 19/08/1937
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  • Item
  • Quantity
  • 1 Item
  • Description
  • Personal letter. Hawkins says leonard feather has been been to see him and he made a number of recordings during his stay - swing records with Benny (Carter ?) and Freddy Johnson and some with just Freddie. He also made a recording of the blues for Leonard - Leonard 'seems rather crazy about the blues; I don't know why'. Hawkins asks Renee if she's met any of his friends with the 'Cotton Club' show?,,
    Subject notes (people): Leonard Feather; Benny (Carter ?); Freddy Johnson; Kieth [sic] Stowell; Sadie (Gertler?).,
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    Format notes: Plain paper and envelope. One sheet, double sided to form two pages. Headed Binnenweg 94, Rotterdam, Holland. Dated 19/8/37. Sent to 26 Methuen Park, London N10. Letter signed 'Coleman'.
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  • Letter
  • Copy Status
  • Original
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  • Physical Description
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  • Storage location
  • Loughton Archive-2
  • Name of creator
  • Hawkins, Coleman
  • Language
  • English
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  • Out of copyright
  • No
  • Copyright expiry date
  • 31/12/2039
  • Copyright owner
  • Hawkins, Coleman
  • Copyright holder birth date
  • 21/11/1904
  • Copyright holder death date
  • 19/05/1969
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  • Access Status
  • Open
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