[Dixielandjazz] Re: Source for picture of Louis Armstrong's Original All Stars

[Bill Haesler]

Dear Stan,
You said it all (and saved me some typing) when you wrote:
"However, when we look to what was the permanent all star group under
contract to Louis Armstrong (and his management) and when we realize that
this was the organization which was to be taken out on the road, we must
then revert to the group which played Billy Berg's club in August 1947.
Remember, Joe Glasser was initially against Louis playing the Town Hall
concert. The idea for the concert is credited to Ernie Anderson who hired
the players for this one event, arranged for the hall, saw to the publicity
and had a tough time convincing Joe Glasser that Louis should play there."

But back to the original request.
What Fred Ollison was after is "a picture of Louis and his original all
stars - Jack T., Barney, Earl Hines, Big Sid, and Arvel Shaw -  with or
without Velma."  However, we have now established that this was the second
regular Louis' All Stars.

Fred Spencer advised that there is a picture of [the 'original'] 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). This is on page 128. Next to it is a picture of
Earl, Louis and Jack (the second All Stars).

Phil O'Rourke gave us 'Louis' by Max Jones & John Chilton. (The unknown ISBN
is 0 289 70215 1 and it was published in 1971 by Studio Vista.)
Page 172 has a photo of JT, Louis and Velma. Another one on page 174 has
Sid, Louis, Barney and Earl. On page 175 there is a 1949 publicity shot of
the band playing with Earl, Jack, Louis, Barney and Arvell.

Audrey Van Dyke contributed With 'Louis and the Duke' by Barney Bigard
(1985. Macmillan Press). In addition to this publicity shot for the All Star
Esquire Combo (with Velma and Earl) on page xi there are also a photo of
Velma, Barney, Sid, Louis, Jack and Arvell (hidden) taken at the opening
night at Billy Berg's (page x) and the All Stars (with Cozy Cole) on page
xv.

I can also add the following:
*Jack Teagarden's Music. His Career and Recordings by Howard J Waters, Jr.
(1960. Jazz Monographs No. 3). In the photograph section (no page number)
there is one of Louis, Sid, Jack, Barney and Arvell. And a playing still
from the 1951 film 'The Strip' with Mickey Rooney, drums which includes
Jack, Louis, Barney and Earl.
*Stanley Dance's 'The World of Earl Hines' (1977. Charles Scribner's Sons)
has Louis, Jack and Earl (page 105), Louis and Sid (page 106), Arvell, Earl,
Velma and Sid (page 107).
*Laurence Bergman's "Louis Armstrong. An Extravagant Life" (my copy - 1998.
HarperCollins) has, on an unnumbered page in the second section of
photographs, a publicity photo of the All Stars in Paris in 1949. Cozy,
Jack, Louis, Arvell, Barney and Earl.
*'Louis Armstrong. In His Own Words' (1999. Oxford University Press) has a
photographic section (no page numbers) which includes photos of the All
Stars (Jack, Earl, Barney, Cozy, Louis, Arvell and Velma, plus one of Earl,
Louis and Jack; the same one as in the  'Louis Armstrong. A Cultural Legacy'
mentioned above.
*'Satchmo' by Gary Giddins (1988. Doubleday) has a photograph (page 43) of
the All Stars (with Cozy) on stage in 1950; the Paris photo mentioned above
in the Bergman book, and a photograph (page 57) taken at the 17 May 1947 New
York Town Hall Concert.

OK Fred Ollison. Why do you want theoriginal All Star photographs?
Just curious. 
Kind regards,
Bill.