[78-L] Kenny Hagood [was Pee Wee Marquette]

[Cary Ginell]

Marquette was just the diminutive, opportunistic stage announcer at Birdland. He was not a performer.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:27:39 +0000
> From: julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Kenny Hagood [was  Pee Wee Marquette]
> 
> Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> > Who was Pee Wee Marquette?Kenny "Pancho" Hagood I'm familiar with via his recordings with Miles
> > Davis on Capitol.I think he also sang on some sides with Thelonious Monk on Blue Note around 1948.
> =======================
> Kenny "Pancho" Hagood I'm even more familiar with--I spoke to him in 
> Paris in 1960. He was depping for an indisposed Stephane Grappelli at 
> the Chat Qui Peche, I think. He asked me how the performance was, and I 
> said it was fine. Actually, he started to speak to me in French. As I 
> recall the band (of four members) outnumbered the audience, but this was 
> the French holiday season, which I meant I missed hearing Bud Powell 
> because the Blue Note was shut.
> 
> People talk about "15 minutes of fame", mine was barely 15 seconds!
> 
>       Julian Vein
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