[Dixielandjazz] Armstrong in long tie and different suits?

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When I first saw the Armstrong All-Stars and it was early one when both
Teagarden and Big Sid were still in the band they wore  Tux Jackets
(colored---all the same) with black tux pants. This was common in the 40's
and 50's with many band.
In the 50's we were working in NY and Boston and switched from dixieland
blazers and vests to Brooks Bothers suits. We did it because Miles Davis'
band had them and we thought they looked good. Wore them on our West Coast
tour and to gigs everywhere incl. New Orleans. Al Rose put a pic of us in
his book in these 3 button jobs with long black ties. He also said in the
book that the suits were Italian silk....they were not.
Gene Mayl
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Barbone" <barbonestreet@earthlink.net>
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Armstrong in long tie and different suits?


> Jim Beebe asks:
>
> Anyway, can anyone produce a picture of Armstrong's band with different
> dress and straight ties?
>
>
> Sure:
>
> Louis in 1939 at the Apollo. Louis is wearing a light colored double
> breasted suit and long tie. I will say however, the big band is in Tux
> with bows.
>
> But then, check out the band at the historic Town Hall NYC concert in
> 1947. Louis in light colored single breasted suit, long tie, Hackett in
> light colored double breasted suit long tie, Teagarden in dark colored
> single breasted suit, long tie, Hucko in medium dark single breasted
> suit, long tie, Haggart in dark colored single breasted suit, long tie,
> Catlett in dark single breasted suit, long tie, Well, you get the
> picture and it is readily available. (Since they were in NYC, maybe they
> were corrupted by "East Coast" musicians? :-)
>
> Anyway, as we all know, this multi suited band is what re started Pops'
> career.
>
> It does seem to me when I saw the all stars, in the 1950s, in the
> Eastern USA, they were also multi suited. Also on some European and
> African tours, they dressed like that. There is a picture of the band in
> West Africa dressed in long ties & different suits from the Jack Bradley
> collection.
>
> I suspect Armstrong did the tux / bow bit with the All Stars as well as
> the long tie different suit bit. One thing for sure, he did not always
> present the band in bow tie and uniform and Pat Cooke is quite correct
> in observing this.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
>
>
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