[Dixielandjazz] New Orleans Jazz Without Louis

[Ric Giorgi]

Steve, I just watched the DVD "Good Evening Everybody" in which Dizzie
Gillespie put it quite bluntly (I paraphrase badly but the gist of it is)
'Louis, if it weren't for you, there'd be none of us'. Cheers, Ric 

-----Original Message-----
From: dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com
[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen G
Barbone
Sent: March-04-10 9:25 PM
To: Ric Giorgi
Cc: Dixieland Jazz Mailing List
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] New Orleans Jazz Without Louis

It blows me away that an article about New Orleans Jazz, from a town just
across the river from New Orleans did not mention Louis Armstrong at all. I
wrote to them about it.

Seems to me the New Orleans Airport is named "Louis Armstrong New Orleans
International Airport" which should be a clue to them about his importance
to both the city and to jazz.

Seems also to me that Louis Armstrong was the most important jazz figure of
the first half of the 20th century AT LEAST. And one could argue for his
being the most important jazz figure of the entire century.

Ah well, history becomes diluted quite rapidly. How soon we forget.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone
www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband






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