[Dixielandjazz] Joya Sherrill Obit - Sang wilth Ellington & Goodman

[Jack Mitchell]

Stephen G Barbone wrote:

"In 1962, Ms. Sherrill was the singer in a band assembled by Benny
Goodman that performed throughout the Soviet Union. The Goodman tour,
sponsored by the State Department, was the first by an American jazz
ensemble behind the Iron Curtain."

Quite true, but I think it relevant to this group to mention that an 
Australian dixieland band the SOUTHERN CROSS JAZZ BAND played in Moscow in 
July, 1957, recorded a 10" LP there that was released in Australia, and 
appeared in a Russian movie. Travelling across China and Russia in the trans 
Siberian railway, they entertained appreciative crowds at every stop along 
the way.

Best wishes
Jack Mitchell