f. henderson/bill harris/s. bechet- kimball hall, otterburn- Flint, MI

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FIRST, LAST & ONLY LIVE CONCERT FROM...Kimball ETC

THIS IS FLETCHER AND HIS GANG TOGETHER FOR THE VERY FIRST AND ONLY TIME. TOGETHER WITH SIDNEY AND BILL THEY REALLY RIP UP THE NOW FAMOUS MECCA OF MID-WEST JAZZ......KIMBALL HALL

LABEL: BIG CHIEF-JEROLLOMO SBBH 1947 STEREO

PHOTO-CAPTION: ""another really fine key largo photo entitles Fletch and his pals in a hall."" [[[[[[very obviosusly cut and pasted. worse than those cybill shepherd fake ******** pictures *** ***30!

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on back on lp , former lp owner "Nick Johnson" (rest his soul?) wrote in on the back, otis finch- tenor (who he?), joe romano- guitar, mickey simms- bass, ken smith- drums. he has a jan 28th 1947 date on it

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forgot to put in, in my limited knowdlege with only 20 or 25 such lp items to my possession, i cant say for sure, but i'm pretty sure its an item from the infamous Boris Rose jazz nut extrodinaire/ but you can never be sure. did any of u guys ever buy his records in the ad in the back of the downbeat. did they have money orders back then? you should of mailed a money order in and bought some of these things. did any of you ever buy one of these in a store 2nd hand or buy one firsthand from the source.

[JamesJazz]

Otis Finch...spent time in Detroit, mid-40s, joined Fletcher while the band was in Detroit. Son, "Candy" Finch, drummer. Actually, Fletcher picked up several Det cats at the same time - info detailed in Allen's marvelous "Hendersonia" p. 435

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very interesting- this solidifies a direct connection between Fletcher Henderson and Big John Patton!!