[Dixielandjazz] Fw: Your request re: Lil Armstong

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:51:26 EDT

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In a message dated 9/26/02 3:48:01 PM Central Daylight Time, 
dingle@baldwin-net.com writes:

> >    At that concert, after finishing a number, she remarked to her bass man
> > that she wasn't feeling good...then collapsed at the piano. Taken
> offstage,
> > an MET  worker tried to revive her, but it was not to be. One jazz  
> legend
> > had left us while honoring another.
> >    I never got to write that profile. But if I had my lead would have
> > started this way:
> >    "The first thing you note about Lillian Hardin Armstrong is her smile.
> It
> > warms you through to the bone."
> >     That is the way I remember my friend Lillian.>

   Thanks, Don, for this wonderful memoir of Lil Hardin Armstrong.  What year 
was that?

   It's not too late to write your profile on Lil.  She was a pivotal figure 
in early jazz.

   Jim Beebe

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<HTML>In a message dated 9/26/02 3:48:01 PM Central Daylight Time, dingle@baldwin-net.com writes: 
 
 
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; At that concert, after finishing a number, she remarked to her bass man 
&gt; that she wasn't feeling good...then collapsed at the piano. Taken 
offstage, 
&gt; an MET&nbsp; worker tried to revive her, but it was not to be. One jazz&nbsp; legend 
&gt; had left us while honoring another. 
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I never got to write that profile. But if I had my lead would have 
&gt; started this way: 
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; "The first thing you note about Lillian Hardin Armstrong is her smile. 
It 
&gt; warms you through to the bone." 
&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That is the way I remember my friend Lillian.&gt;</BLOCKQUOTE> 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks, Don, for this wonderful memoir of Lil Hardin Armstrong.&nbsp; What year was that? 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; It's not too late to write your profile on Lil.&nbsp; She was a pivotal figure in early jazz. 
 
&nbsp;&nbsp; Jim Beebe</HTML>

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