Larkins, Ellis
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1923 - 2002
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ellis Larkins oral history, 1998
File — Multiple Containers
Abstract
Interview by Elizabeth Schaaf of Ellis Larkins (1923-2002), a pianist based in Baltimore. Larkins's wife, Crystal Larkins, is also heard during the interview.In 1934 Ellis Larkins made his debut with the Baltimore City Colored Orchestra. Larkins studied classical piano at Douglass High School and at the Peabody Conservatory of Music, at a time when African-American students were generally not admitted at Peabody. Larkins also served as an organist at the St. James Episcopal...
Dates:
1998
Ellis Larkins papers
Collection
Identifier: PIMS-0075
Abstract
Ellis Larkins was a jazz pianist from Baltimore who studied at the Peabody Conservatory and had an active professional career from the 1940s to the 1990s. His papers include photocopied scrapbooks about his career as well as original photographs, clippings, concert programs, correspondence, and recordings.
Dates:
1930-2002
Found in:
Peabody Archives
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- Subject
- Jazz musicians 1
- Pianists 1
- clippings (information artifacts) 1
- concert programs 1
- letters (correspondence) 1