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The Rainbow Ballroom, at 38 E 5th Avenue (at Lincoln N Lincoln Street), Denver, was a dance hall that was one of the best known dance halls west of the Mississippi, according to a 1946 ''Billboard'' article.〔("Norton, Deyer Buy Rainbow at Denver", ''Billboard'', pg. 17, col. 1, Dec. 14, 1946 (the article misspells Beyer's surname as "Deyer") )〕 Its capacity of 3,000 made it the largest indoor dance hall in Colorado during its 28 years of existence — from its opening day on September 16, 1933, to its closing day in 1961. == Dance band era == The ballroom was host venue for national big bands (often referred to as orchestras) and territory bands. The bands included: * Louis Armstrong's Big Band (with Sid Catlett)〔(Roy Porter, David Keller, ''There and Back, The Roy Porter Story'', pg 30, Louisiana State University Press (1991) )〕 * Clyde Knight Orchestra (1941)〔''Local Scrappings'', Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pg 21, Col 2, Dec. 29, 1941〕 * Les Brown * Verne Byers and His Orchestra (1949 for 17 weeks) * Duke Ellington (1952, 53)〔Ken Vail, ''Duke's Diary: The life of Duke Ellington, 1950-1974'', Sanctuary Publishing Ltd (2008)〕 * Fletcher Henderson Sammy Kaye (Swing and sway with Sammy Kaye and his orchestra) * Lawrence Welk (1936)〔(Mary Lewis Coakley (1907-1995), ''Mr. Music Maker, Lawrence Welk'', Doubleday, (1958) )〕 * Wayne King * Harry James * Al Sky and His Musical Stars (1930s) * Little Joe Hart and his Boys (1937) * Kay Barclay and Her California All-Girl Orchestra (1937) * Tiny Hill * Woody Herman * Bobby Beers * Don Reid Orchestra * Billy Eckstine * Carl (The Squeakin' Deacon) Moore * Ralph Flanagan Orchestra (1954) * Joe Houston (1954) * Benny Goodman * The Dean Bushnell Orchestra * Lalo Guerrero〔 * Stan Kenton (1954) * Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1954) * Bennie Moten (1935)† * Johnny Otis (1954) * Andy Kirk's Clouds of Joy (with Mary Lou Williams) (1935, 1940)〔( Frank Driggs, Chuck Haddix, ''Kansas City Jazz: From Ragtime to Bebop – A History'', pg. 1938, Oxford University Press (2005) )〕 * Seger Ellis (1940) * Lefty Frizzell (1953) * Lionel Hampton * Gene Ammons * Illinois Jacquet * Tab Smith (1955) * Chuck Berry (1959) * Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra (1959) * Phil Urso and His Quintet (1959) † On the opening night for Bennie Moten's band at the Rainbow Ballroom in 1935, Bennie had stayed behind in Kansas City for a routine tonsillectomy. As the band got underway, the band found out from a phone call to Bus Moten, Bennie's brother, that Bennie had died on the operating table.〔(Nat Shapiro, Nat Hentoff, ''Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Story Of Jazz As Told By The Men Who Made It'', pg. 299, Dover Publications (1966) ) 〕 Bus Moten took over the band for six months or so and then the band broke up. After the break-up, Moten's pianist and arranger, known then as "Bill Basie," organized a small band of his own, composed of several leading musicians from the Moten band. Eventually (still in 1935), Basie enlarged the band at the Reno Club in Kansas City to the big band model that sustained him the rest of his career.〔(Nat Shapiro, Nat Hentoff, ''Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Story Of Jazz As Told By The Men Who Made It'', pg. 300, Dover Publications (1966) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Rainbow Ballroom (Denver)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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