Kress photos from Dave E. Dexter, Jr. Collection; LaBudde Special Collections, UMKC University Libraries; 1940´s; photographers: Warren Rothschild; Jay Seymour
Link: Kress photos Downbeat 1947
Camera study of Carl Kress and his guitar, N.Y., ca. June 1947; Down Beat, v. 14, no. 13 (June 18, 1947); photographer: William Gottlieb, Downbeat (Credit: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress)
Decca record released 1940 – recorded Nov 1938-July 1939; Kress/Mottola Gibson ad 1941-42
Gibson catalogs, 1930´s:
“Stage Fright”, sheet music released 1935; “Heat Wave”, record ad 1937
Brunswick records: Kress with Eddie Lang 1932; Kress with McDonough 1934
Albert Harris presenting his favourite guitarists in English jazz magazine “Tune Times”, 1934-1935!:
Gibson ads, in English jazz magazine “Tune Times”; Harris Jan-1934; Kress April-1935!
Article in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, on the release of Kress/McDonough duet record “Heat Wave”/”Chicken a la Swing”, July 1937!:
Review and presentation of Kress/McDonough in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, March-1937 – “A Gallery Of Guitarists”
Dick McDonough, “Radio Guide” article Dec-1937 (American magazine 1931-1943)
Kress feature, Metronome magazine, Jan-1933; McDonough/Kress, CBS broadcast, ca 1937
Gibson ad, with “Karl Kress”(!), in Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, Aug 1936; Gibson catalogue 1937
Circa 1936, Imperial Theatre, NYC
Kress/McDonough picture taken from the book “Swing Era Scrapbook”, 1936-1938; available at Internet Archive – https://archive.org/details/swingerascrapboo0000inma
Program from the first “Swing Music Concert”, May 1936, sponsored by Kress´ Onyx Club! Picture from “Swing Era Scrapbook”!
Gibson catalog 1934
Gibson catalog 1937
Gibson ad, Metronome, May 1937; Gibson catalog 1942
Dick McDonough obituary, in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, July 1938:
McDonough obituary, in magazine from Uruguay, Sept-1938!
Downbeat 1939-03………..
Down Beat (June 18, 1947): Kress; International Musician 1954-03, Kress ad
Kress married!; “Radio Guide”, Aug-1939
Radio Mirror 1940-09, Kress recently married! Article found through great homepage search engine: https://www.worldradiohistory.com/index.htm
Downbeat 1941-01; Downbeat review of the Decca Recital album, 1940-05
British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Jan 1956, Dec 1966 Barnes/Mairants! George Barnes obituary, in Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, Oct-1977:
7 of the pictures below from a fantastic homepage: https://www.venutilang.com/:
Epiphone catalogue, 1932; Kress guitar solo, 1936
Kress guitar solo, 1936, taken from a Louis Armstrong autobiography 1993!
Kress at his Onyx Club, with Stuff Smith, 1938
Photo from Onyx Club taken from biography of jazz photographer Charles Peterson, 1994
Onyx Club Story, Swedish Jazz Magazine “Orkesterjournalen”, Dec-1970, Jan-1971. Carl Kress is mentioned a lot!
And the original article, in Downbeat Yearbook 1966, 10 pages! Kress is mentioned a lot, and also guitarists McDonough & Teddy Bunn!: Shown here are pages 1,7,9 (Kress mentioned) – remaining pages are downloades here under!
Kress / Mottola, photo for an ad to promote Gibson guitars & amplifiers, 1941-42; Carl Kress was a featured musician on Garry Moore’s popular television variety show, The Garry Moore Show, during the 1950s in USA (TV-show running 1950-1958).
Kress on the Garry Moore show, magazine “Tv Radio Mirror”, May-1957!
Downbeat July 1963 Kress/Barnes live rec. concert, and the record!
Barnes, Kress live 1963: YouTube link – “Praise Be”
Kress at the Gaslight Club, Norwood, NJ, 1963, with Bob Wilber; June 1963 Kress/Barnes rec. concert
The Gaslight gig above rendered a front cover in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Dec 1963!
Photo from “Gaslight Club” taken from Wilber autobiography, 1988
Kress obituary in British magazine “B(anjo)M(andolin)G(uitar)”, Aug 1965:
Billboard article in May 1965 on Kress participating in October Guitar Show – he died in June the same year. Additional articles – Cashbox 1965-05; Cashbox 1965-06
