Yes, I’ve been nosing around on eBay again . . .
First, Louis c. 1952: possibly Russ Phillips, Milt Hinton, Cozy Cole, Louis, Barney Bigard, in front of some startled-looking patrons (did the flashbulb make them jump?):
then, a handbill from 1970, when Vic Dickenson had left the Bobby Hackett Quintet to join the World’s Greatest Jazz Band. “Singles welcome”:
and a Jimmy Ryan’s flyer from 1963:
and if you needed it explained to you by Virgil Thomson, here you are:
Perhaps you’d like some New Orleans music in Boston, May 12, 1952:
It’s pleasing when collectors clean out their troves and put them up for sale. Otherwise, how would we live vicariously?
May your happiness increase!
Have you any information on the George Lewis and Kid Ory bands playing at Childs restaurant, Times Square. in 1955?