[Dixielandjazz] Source for picture of Louis Armstrong'sOriginalAll Stars

[Fred Spencer]

Dear Stan,
Yes, Dick Cary was first. Michael Meckina in "The Louis Armstrong 
Encyclopedia" ( Greenwood Press, 2004), says that the  All Stars first 
performed in a May 7,1947 Town Hall concert. However, although Louis had 
assembled the band, he had a "stomach ulcer flair-up [sic]"  and Bobby 
Hackett was the leader. Meckina adds that the original (I assume at the Town 
Hall) personnel was Jack Teagarden, Peanuts Hucko, Dick Cary, Bob Haggart, 
and Big Sid Catlett, but with no attribution of the source. All this seems 
somewhat dubious but...?
There is a picture of the originals with Dick Cary and Velma Middleton, "in 
concert in Boston, 1947", in "Louis Armstrong. A Cultural Legacy" ( Queens 
Museum of Art and University of Washington Press,1994). I should be most 
gratreful if you could send me the origin of your more believable 
information. All the best.
Fred
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Brager" <sbrager at socal.rr.com>
To: <FOThree at aol.com>; <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Source for picture of Louis
Armstrong'sOriginalAll Stars


> The original All Star line-up included Dick Cary on piano in lieu of Earl
> Hines. Their debut came on August 13, 1947 at Billy Berg's night club in
> Los
> Angeles. The All Stars made their recording debut on October 16, 1947 and
> cut 4 sides for RCA Victor:
>
> A Song Was Born
> Please Stop Playing Those Blues, Boy
> Before Long
> Lovely Weather We're Having
>
> Soon after these recordings were made, Earl Hines replaced Dick Cary.
>
> Sorry I don't have the picture you requested.
>
> Stan
> Stan Brager
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <FOThree at aol.com>
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 3:04 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Source for picture of Louis Armstrong's
> OriginalAll
> Stars
>
>
>> Gentelmen:
>> Can anyone refer me to a book that would have a picture of Louis and his
>> original all stars - Jack T., Barney, Earl Hines, Big Sid, and Arvel
> Shaw -  with
>> or without Velma?
>> Fred Ollison
>>
>>
>
>
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