Fw: [Dixielandjazz] Armstrong at Carnegie / Worst Musical Movie / TheOKOM explosion

[Fred Spencer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Spencer" <drjz at bealenet.com>
To: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 4:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Armstrong at Carnegie / Worst Musical Movie / 
TheOKOM explosion


> Dear Steve,
> "Portrait of Carnegie Hall" by Theodore O. Cron and Burt Goldblatt
> (Macmillan, 1966): "One of King Louis's best nights was November 29, 1947
> [Saturday] at the height of the Dixieland revival. He came into Carnegie
> Hall with his new sextet...Jack Teagarden, Barney Bigard,  Dick Cary, Bid
> Sid Catlett, and Arvell Shaw.The group was an immediate success."
> Burt Goldblatt also wrote "Newport Jazz Festival. The Illustrated History" 
> (Dial Press, 1977).  One of the many pictures shows"Altoist Vi Redd [b. 
> 1930], probably the best female jazz musician since Mary Lou Williams". 
> She
> was a guest star with the 1968 Dizzy Gillespie Quintet, but is ignored in 
> most jazz publications. All the best.
> Fred
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 19, 2005 12:48 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Armstrong at Carnegie / Worst Musical Movie /
> TheOKOM explosion
>
>
> List mates:
>
> Bergreen's Book on Louis cites a NY Newspaper quote about an Armstrong All
> Star's Concert at Carnegie in November 1947. (Page 355 Bottom)
>
> Worst musical movie? IMO, Young Man With A Horn. (Kirk Douglas loosely 
> doing
> an awful corruption of the Bix story)
>
> OKOM Explosion? Now working a Sunday Brunch in Philly; Wed, Thu, Sat at 
> the
> Showboat in Atlantic City.  Just added Monday nights at a brand new jazz
> venue in Wilmington. Owner is a 35 year old who "LOVES DIXIELAND". He 
> hopes
> to get the young, upwardly mobile crowd. 5:30 to 8:30 PM, Çosta's on
> Delaware & West Streets. (Old Zanzibar Blue location). Also has an outdoor
> space where we will play Swing Dancing music for our swing dancer 
> followers
> for some added Summer dates.
>
> So, now 5 nights a week in May, plus 10 other May gigs booked earlier this
> year. If everything goes according to "best" scenario, that will be 30 
> gigs
> a month from May through August. Just about all, except the Showboat gig,
> are for the new, young audience. Showboat is 50-50. OKOM LIVES!!!!!
>
> Maybe too good to last but then, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
>
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