[Dixielandjazz] Dixieland Dress

[Dottie Lawless]

I have photos of Louis Armstrong & his band from the mid-sixties, taken
at "Dixieland At Disneyland".  There is one on the wall in the basement,
and I just went downstairs to double-check.  The photo (black & white,
Ed rarely used color) on display shows Louis in a light suit, with the
band in dark suits, and ALL wearing bow ties.

Dottie Lawless

JimDBB@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/10/02 6:04:58 PM Central Daylight Time,
> patcooke@cox.net writes:
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>> >>Armstrong's band had special made uniform-suits which they wore
>> with bow ties.  Louis and the band always looked terrific.  I don't
>> know how they did it with their traveling schedule and cleaning
>> hassles.<<
>>       I was in the house band at the Deauville Hotel in Miami Beach
>> in the early sixties.  Louis' band was there for a week.  I watched
>> two shows every night for that week.  There were suits, all
>> different, with regular ties.  The real biggies dress well, but not
>> necessarily alike.
>>   Pat Cooke
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>    Pat, I have to say that I find this hard to believe...Armstrong and
> his band perfoming with straight ties and different suits.  I defy you
> or anyone to produce a picture of this.  He and the band always wore
> their uniform-suits with black bow ties.
> If what you say is true then there had to be some extenuating
> circumstances.  Anyway, can anyone produce a picture of Armstrong's
> band with different dress and straight ties?
>
> Jim Beebe