AD06155

Billy Mackel, Windsor Palace, Barcelona

Català-Roca, Francesc

Date

1955 (December 23rd) / Later print

Technique
Gelatin silver print on paper
Dimensions
Full bleed image: 17,5 x 17,4 cm
Year of entry
2010
Registration number
AD06155

In 1934 Barcelona’s Hot Club opened, with live jazz acts and its own magazine and radio programme. From that moment, jazz had arrived, and Barcelona became a frequent venue for orchestras and musicians, such as the guitarist Billy Mackel. Mackel played in Barcelona in the mid-1950s, recording with the pianist Tete Montoliu and being photographed by Francesc Català-Roca, who also took photographs of Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton, among many others.

Horacio Fernández