[Dixielandjazz] Sachmo's great grandson Herb

[Mark Bauer]

It is a little well know fact that Satchmo had an illegitimate child. He 
speaks of it in the book "Louis Armstrong, in His Own Words: Selected 
Writings". It is spoken of in the list of bills that Joe Glaser would 
pay for Louis while he was on tour(which was always). In this edition 
the mother is unnamed but she lived in Chicago or New York I don't 
remember which. My understanding is that in earlier editions of the book 
the mother was named. Lucille, Louis' fourth and last wife probably 
didn't know about the child but maybe she did.

MB







Edgerton, Paul A wrote:
> Quoting Nan Lander:
> "That was in 1965, but in an echo of that magic, there's a new voice on the
> Coast who brings back the melodic serendipity of the great man's bass voice,
> and a lot more besides - Satchmo's great-grandson Herb."
> 
> If Nan Lander (come on, is that a real name?) is willing to characterize
> Louis Armstrong's "bass voice," then she may also be capable of believing
> that this Herb fellow is really his great-grandson.
> 
> Yeah, right.
> 
> -- Paul Edgerton
> 
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