Here's a small treasure for all those who love this kind of jazz and would kill to have been present: a flier for a series of 52nd Street jam session at Jimmy Ryan's, starting on September 27, 1942. Click on it and you'll discover a who's who of jazz in the early 1940s:
DIZZY WITH BLISS: “BOP FOR DANCING” by IAN HUTCHISON (CHARLIE CARANICAS,
JON DE LUCIA, MARIEL BILDSTEN, JON THOMAS, JOCELYN GOULD, JAY SAWYER)
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Don’t think. Just watch this. This post is about the delicious new CD by
Ian Hutchison, BOP FOR DANCING. And you don’t have to be an elite dancer to
savor ...
Hace 16 horas
And there, with Billie and Hot Lips Page, among the who's who of jazz is my friend Ruby Smith (nee Walker), Bessie's trusty companion and niece by marriage.
ResponderEliminarInteresting document—thanks Augustín.