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

[David Lennick]

But what of the over-emphasized "Lou-ISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS" on Hello 
Dolly?

dl

Cary Ginell wrote:
> 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.
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> Cary Ginell
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>> 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 ?
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>> 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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