[Dixielandjazz] Re: Armstrong at Carnegie

[Steve barbone]

Dear Bill:

Maybe so, but if you look at the following web site, you will see another
reference to a Louis Armstrong Concert at Carnegie Hall on November 29,
1947. Supposedly from the archives of Carnegie Hall. (about 1/5 of the page
from top)

http://www.440.com/twtd/archives/nov29.html

Given Joe Glaser's pechant for booking the group long distances away on
consecutive nights (sometimes 500 miles), the 200 mile trip to Boston for a
November 30 date would have been a piece of cake, only a 4 hour train ride
or a five hour bus ride.

I think Fred Spencer may also have some input in favor of a November 29,
1947 Carnegie date, real or imagined. :-) VBG.

Cheers,
Steve

on 4/19/05 7:09 PM, Bill Haesler at bhaesler at bigpond.net.au wrote:

> Dear Steve,
> That NY Daily News reference in Mr Bergreen's 1997 book (which I was aware
> of) to a 'Carnegie Hall' concert in November 1947 is most likely an error on
> his part.
> I have always assumed that he was really referring to the famous Louis All
> Stars' concert at Symphony Hall, Boston, Mass on 30 Nov 1947. Widely issued
> on LP and CD by Decca, and others.
> Or, perhaps, the Louis All Stars' New York Town Hall concert on 16 Nov 1947.
> If there had been another Carnegie Hall concert in Nov 1947 (or May 1948), I
> am sure that we would have heard about it by now.
> However, I would be very happy to be proved wrong, and always welcome new
> facts.
> Although the Bergreen book is full of interesting research leads, it also
> contains quite a few errors and suppositions. A good read, but to be taken
> with caution so far as facts go.
> ["Jus' the facts Ma'am, jus' the facts."]
> Kind regards,
> Bill.
> PS: Hopefully, one day, the files at Louis' home-museum in Queens, will be
> become readily available on-line to answer questions like these.
> Bill.
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