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

[Andrea Walsh]

Well on the bluebird he calls himself "Laughin' Louis" and pronounces it
"Loo-ee"...

Andrea

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Julian Vein
<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>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
>
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