Frank Etheridge's TravelogueMain MenuKimberly Stahlerdddbe2001e2d84aa9da400499cd199f7084d79feBen Vinson III7630def4631a4cc2aed99ad5474a3797d47f228a
Frank Etheridge's Traveloque
12021-12-01T16:03:13+00:00Kimberly Stahlerdddbe2001e2d84aa9da400499cd199f7084d79fe12211This site complement's Frank Etheridge's A Travelogue in Black and White, edited by Ben Vinson, IIIplain2022-01-03T20:33:23+00:00Kimberly Stahlerdddbe2001e2d84aa9da400499cd199f7084d79feFrank Etheridge was born on December 18, 1897, in New York. He began playing music from a young age when his mother, Albertine, secured piano lessons for him. He performed in New York City, New York, St. Augustine, Florida, Chicago, Illinois, and numerous other American cities. In 1927, he signed a contract with the Erskine Tate’s Vendome Symphony Orchestra to play in Shanghai. After thirteen months in China, he paired up with Albert Nicholas and traveled to Singapore and Cairo. His musical career took him to Paris, Berlin, and other European cities during the interwar period. Over the course of his life, he played with jazz greats like Noble Sissle, Valadia Snow, Jack Carter, Louis Douglas, and more. While traveling abroad, Etheridge played in interracial orchestras and for mixed audiences. Many African American jazz musicians preferred the race relations in Europe and Egypt to American Jim Crow. While living abroad did not mean they avoided any racial discrimination, they had more opportunities and more freedom of movement.
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12022-01-03T20:24:51+00:00"Noble Sissle and his Orchestra - London 1930"1Noble Sissle and his band play "Those Little White Lies". Arthur Briggs and Tommy Ladnier are on trumpet, Edward Coles is on ...plain2022-01-03T20:24:51+00:00YouTubeharryoakley2009-02-22T18:26:11Znd3VfziMPg8
12022-01-03T20:08:37+00:00"Our Great Teacher and Friend of the Bohemians"1A sketch of Etheridge by George Werberger, 1936. Frank Etheridge Papers, box 1, folder 30, KSL Special Collections, CWRUplain2022-01-03T20:08:37+00:00
