Frederick Jacobi and his wife, pianist Irene Schwarcz Jacobi, American Embassy Theater. Paris, 1950.
Frederick Jacobi. Saxophonist in the U.S. Army Band, Alcatraz Island. Jacobi had hoped to enlist in the Medical Corps, but when the recruiting officer learned that he was a musician, the officer ordered him to play saxophone in the army band—despite Jacobi's protest that he had never played the instrument.
Frederick Jacobi. 1950.
Frederick Jacobi (right) with composer Bohuslav Martinů, preparing for a League of Composers concert.
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