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March 22, 1927 Johnny Jones (with Cab) at the New Dunbar, Baltimore, MD

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The whole ad, published in Baltimore Afro-American

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Cab Calloway is on drums on the picture, holding a speaker in order to be heard (!) while the orchestra plays

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Picture from Cab's autobiography, "Of Minnie The Moocher and Me"

March 22, 1927 Johnny Jones (with Cab) at the New Dunbar, Baltimore, MD