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ARTHUR PRYOR BAND ORIGINAL LETTER on Official Business Stationary (1930’s)

$ 157.87

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • Modified Item: No
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Profession: Theater & Stage
  • Autograph Authentication: Not Authenticated

    Description

    ARTHUR PRYOR BAND original “Letter of Business” on official stationary.
    Timeframe: 1934 - 1939
    This was a letter requesting the services of my grandfather FRED “Freddie” OHMS (“young trombone player”).  My grandfather kept the letter as a remembrance of his big break into the professional BIG BAND scene of the 1930’s.
    The letter reads:
    Sunday
    Dear Billy,
    Will you please have the young trombone player at the studios at 12:30 Wednesday?
    Very Sincerely,
    Arthur Pryor
    I have been messaged that this probably is NOT ARTHUR PRYOR SR. but most likely his son ARTHUR PRYOR JR. that signed this letter.
    It doesn’t mention my grandfather by name but you can be assured it refers to him.
    My grandfather ended up playing with greats such as Roy Eldridge, Gene Krupa, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins,  Eddie Condon, Jan Savitt, Eddie DeLange, Billy Butterfield, Peanuts Hucko, Fred Waring and much, much more. However, his career was cut short and he died of double pneumonia in 1956 at the age of 38.
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