[Dixielandjazz] Re: Tony Almerico

[Goggin, Brian (Dublin)]

I'm only just joined this mailing list.
Tony Almerico - he was one candidate for the trumpet player on Mart Britt's
records in 1928, wasn't he?
Did he keep going into the '50's so?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Patrick Cooke [SMTP:patcooke at cox.net]
> Sent:	Friday, January 17, 2003 2:09 AM
> To:	Bill Haesler
> Cc:	dixieland jazz mail list
> Subject:	[Dixielandjazz] Re: Tony Almerico
> 
> I remember Papa Celestin and George Lewis playing at a place on Bourbon St
> called the Paddock Lounge.  I believe this was in the 50's.  I was playing
> over in Point Clear Alabama at the time, and only made a few weekend
> drives
> into New Orleans.  I suspect the broadcasts were probably from the
> Paddock.
> I don't recall Papa Celestin ever playing the Blue Room.
>     Pat Cooke
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Haesler" <bhaesler at nsw.bigpond.net.au>
> To: "Patrick Cooke" <patcooke at cox.net>
> Cc: "dixieland jazz mail list" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 4:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Tony Almerico
> 
> 
> > Dear Pat,
> > One more question while this thread is still functioning.
> > Maurie Walker mentioned tuning in to station WWL (New Orleans) for a
> jazz
> > program and the broadcasts from the 'Blue Room'.
> > I have other references to radio shows in New Orleans, in particular
> Papa
> > Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band  and the 'Dixieland Jambake' radio
> programmes
> and
> > the George Lewis Ragtime Jazz Band, both on WDSU in the early 1950s.
> > Were these broadcasts 'live' from the radio studio or from a venue
> (perhaps the
> > Blue Room)?
> > Kind regards,
> > Bill.
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
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