Michael Weiss Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=174741677 Quote
duaneiac Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 Wow! I had no inkling that he had still been alive! Sounds like he had a nice, rich life. May he rest in peace. Would he have been the last of the Louis Armstrong All-Stars around? I can't think of any others who might still be alive Quote
king ubu Posted April 29, 2015 Report Posted April 29, 2015 Same here, no clue he had still been around. Always enjoyed those wacky trio sides by Krupa! r.i.p. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 30, 2015 Report Posted April 30, 2015 Back in roughly 1951 or so I saw Louis Armstrong playing at the Michigan State Fair in Detroit. It is all a bit fuzzy, but to the best of my recollection Trummy Young or Tyree Glenn was on trombone and Barnet Bigard on clarinet. Marty Napoleon was the piano player and Cozy Cole the drummer. I am afraid the name of the bass player eludes me. That may have been the very first live jazz I ever heard, though I also saw the Lionel Hampton big band at one of the downtown Detroit movie theaters either just before or just after seeing Louis. Quote
king ubu Posted April 30, 2015 Report Posted April 30, 2015 1951 - Arvell Shaw was in the band beginning of the year, but then he took a break and there were other subbing, Dale Jones for instance? Would love to say "I saw Cozy Cole perform" - what a wonderful drummer! Not to speak of Satchmo himself - drool! Quote
l p Posted April 30, 2015 Report Posted April 30, 2015 http://michaelminn.net/discographies/armstrong/index.php?section6 Quote
Peter Friedman Posted April 30, 2015 Report Posted April 30, 2015 Nice chart ! It was so many many years ago when I saw Louis Armstrong at the Michigan State Fair that the exact year and personnel I referred to in my previous post could have been off slightly. I am certain Joe Sullivan was not the piano player. So it may have been 1952 rather than 1951. Once you paid a very modest amount to get into the fair grounds most of the entertainment was free. The show I attended by Louis was so impressive that I defintely remember staying for a second performance. Quote
bichos Posted May 1, 2015 Report Posted May 1, 2015 Same here, no clue he had still been around. Always enjoyed those wacky trio sides by Krupa! r.i.p. no that was his brother Teddy! Keep boppin´ marcel Quote
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