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

[Julian Vein]

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.

Cary Ginell
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I remember one of the avant garde jazz musicians in the early eighties
referring to King Oliver, not as "Joe Oliver", but "Joseph Oliver"!

      Julian Vein



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