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(Drawing and logo courtesy University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf2-05121], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.)   “Buddy’s Habits” The Midway Dance Orchestra December 5, 1923            (Columbia 51-D mx 81383) … Continue reading →

Two 1923 recordings by an early Chicago hot jazz band, led by Elmer Schoebel, that was named after a large Frank Lloyd Wright indoor/outdoor entertainment complex. Continue reading →