[Dixielandjazz] Re: Jackie Gleason Show

[Bill Haesler]

> LRG4003 at aol.com
> wrote:
> 
Bob Ringwald asked: > Am I wrong?  Or didn't Phil Napoleon have the
Dixieland band on that show. Johnny Varro played piano in the band, on the
show.<

Dear Bob,
The answer is yes.
Johnny Varro was with Phil Napoleon's band, and the Jackie Gleason Show,
in Miami during the mid 1960s.
>From 1966 Phil Napoleon ran a club, 'Napoleon's Retreat', near Miami, at
that time.
I am sure that there are listmates who can expand on this.
Kind regards,
Bill.