Where were the people with the recording equipment?
All that remains is this program, saved carefully by a World War Two veteran who attended the concert:
James P. deserved so much more recognition and attention than he ever received.
A postscript. This just in! I don’t think James P. was recorded often enough, even though his (intermittent) discography covers more than thirty years. And I thought I had heard all the available recordings . . . but then I found this 4-CD set on eBay, 1949 Kid Ory broadcasts from the Beverly Caverns — where James P. fills in for Buster Wilson six times. Acquiring this set might require some active web-detective work, but it is heartening to know that there is more James P. to be heard.
You saw it here first. (Perhaps.)
And here is a taste of James P. in the middle Forties:
May your happiness increase!
JAZZ LIVES 
Well spoken, Michael.
Hello, Michael. Thank you so much! I don’t have detective skills, but after your tip I went looking for it in Spotify, and I found it! Thanks!
An under-rated marvel at work and play-nice post, Michael.
Do you suppose, Michael, that it was George W. Lattimore ( his manager ), who came up with the moniker : Dean of Jazz Pianists “, Michael ? I’ll have to ask Scott Brown.