[Dixielandjazz] Two "astonishingly clear" Armstrong tracks

[Marek Boym]

I stand corrected.
Listed as as "Cara" on my LPs.  The name I've known since times immemorial.
Cheers

On 15 April 2016 at 00:57, Bill Haesler <bhaesler at bigpond.net.au> wrote:

> Marek Boym wrote:
> > I was pretty sure, but I checked anyway.  The banjo player was Mancy
> Cara, not "Carr."
>
> Dear Marek,
> I depends where you look.
> The "Cara" given in discographies, (Rust, etc.) is wrong.
> His real was name was Mancy Carr, born in 1899 and died 10 February 1946.
> Confirmed back in the 1970s to John Chilton by Louis Armstrong.
> And shown on a captioned publicity photograph of the Carroll Dickerson
> Orchestra.
> Refer page 44 of 'The World Od Earl Hines' by Stanley Dance.
> Or check this YoTube video at 1:15.
>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKwCYbQym0Q
> Very kind regards,
> Bill.
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