449
(MUSIC.) ARMSTRONG, LOUIS
“SATCHMO.”
Mardi Gras in New
Orleans * Down Beat Magazine.
4to’s, original wrappers: The first, a copi-
ously illustrated directory of businesses
with advertisements for the 1949 Mardi
Gras; the second a copy of the special
Louis Armstrong issue of Down Beat
Magazine for July 14, 1950. Both are in
very good condition.
BOTH ITEMS SIGNED
BY ALL MEMBERS OF THE LOUIS ARM
-
STRONG BAND
.
N
EW
O
RLEANS
, 1949
[600/800]
The booklet, “Mardi Gras in New Orleans” is
in fact a directory of businesses in New Orleans
that sponsor the various “Zulus” and their
floats etc. It is copiously illustrated. The issue of
Down Beat is devoted to Armstrong with arti-
cles throughout on his career etc. Both the
directory and “Down Beat” are signed by
Louis Armstrong, Jack Teagarden, “Big” Sid
Catlett, Earl
“Fatha” Hines, Velma
Middleton, Barney Bigard, and Arvel Shaw.
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