[78-L] POPS - Lou-eeee or lou-esss ?

[Cary Ginell]

I think that Wynton Marsalis started this Lew-iss thing in order to defray the prevailing notion that Armstrong was merely a minstrel entertainer employed to serve whites. In other words, "Louie" was his slave name. "Louis" was more respectable. I don't think Armstrong gave a whit either way.

Cary Ginell

> From: steveramm78l at hotmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 23:25:26 -0500
> Subject: Re: [78-L] POPS - Lou-eeee or lou-esss ?
> 
> 
> You might be right about DAn, Jeff, but Vince Pelote at IJS always calles him Louis when he's around me.
> 
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> > Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:52:37 -0500
> > From: jeffsultanof at gmail.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Terry Teachout on POPS
> > 
> > I specifically remember Dan Morgenstern, a great friend of Louis, saying
> > that Armstrong preferred "Louie."
> > 
> > Jeff Sultanof
> > 
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