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

[David Lennick]

Julian Vein wrote:
> 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
> ================
> 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
> 
My first knowledge of "Chant Of The Weed" (when I was 5!) was the Victor record 
by Andre Kostelanetz, which credited the composer as "Donald Redman".

dl