[Dixielandjazz] Armstrong in long tie and different suits?

JimDBB@aol.com JimDBB@aol.com
Thu, 11 Jul 2002 09:55:35 EDT


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In a message dated 7/10/02 9:12:34 PM Central Daylight Time, 
barbonestreet@earthlink.net writes:


> 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? :-)

the Town Hall concert was a one time thing and before the official All-Stars. 
 so, of course they would not have had uniforms.

Anyway, as we all know, this multi suited band is what re started Pops'
> career.
> 
See above.

> 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.
> 
Armstrong in the 50s always had the band in uniform-suits with bow ties 
unless it was some special thing like the trip to 
Africa.

> 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.
> 
Well, almost always.




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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT  SIZE=2>In a message dated 7/10/02 9:12:34 PM Central Daylight Time, barbonestreet@earthlink.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Jim Beebe asks:<BR>
<BR>
Anyway, can anyone produce a picture of Armstrong's band with different<BR>
dress and straight ties?<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Sure:<BR>
<BR>
Louis in 1939 at the Apollo. Louis is wearing a light colored double<BR>
breasted suit and long tie. I will say however, the big band is in Tux<BR>
with bows.<BR>
<BR>
But then, check out the band at the historic Town Hall NYC concert in<BR>
1947. Louis in light colored single breasted suit, long tie, Hackett in<BR>
light colored double breasted suit long tie, Teagarden in dark colored<BR>
single breasted suit, long tie, Hucko in medium dark single breasted<BR>
suit, long tie, Haggart in dark colored single breasted suit, long tie,<BR>
Catlett in dark single breasted suit, long tie, Well, you get the<BR>
picture and it is readily available. (Since they were in NYC, maybe they<BR>
were corrupted by "East Coast" musicians? :-)</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">the Town Hall concert was a one time thing and before the official All-Stars.&nbsp; so, of course they would not have had uniforms.<BR>
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</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Anyway, as we all know, this multi suited band is what re started Pops'</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">career.<BR>
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See above.<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">It does seem to me when I saw the all stars, in the 1950s, in the<BR>
Eastern USA, they were also multi suited. Also on some European and<BR>
African tours, they dressed like that. There is a picture of the band in<BR>
West Africa dressed in long ties &amp; different suits from the Jack Bradley<BR>
collection.<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
Armstrong in the 50s always had the band in uniform-suits with bow ties unless it was some special thing like the trip to <BR>
Africa.<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I suspect Armstrong did the tux / bow bit with the All Stars as well as<BR>
the long tie different suit bit. One thing for sure, he did not always<BR>
present the band in bow tie and uniform and Pat Cooke is quite correct<BR>
in observing this.<BR>
</FONT><FONT  COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
Well, almost always.<BR>
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