[Tradjazz] Armstrong's house in Queens

[Tom Greening]

I found a visit to Armstrong's house in Queens very rewarding.
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> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:28:36 -0500
> From: Steve Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] Tradjazz Digest, Vol 7, Issue 4
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> GeoHunt1 at aol.com wrote:
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>> To Steve Barbone:
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>> I don't believe any jazz musician ever got rich.  Buddy Bolden went into an
>> asylum just when his band was getting popular.  Bunk Johnson quit music when
>> someone stomped on his horn during a bar fight.  Joe "King" Oliver died
>> penniless while working as a janitor in Savannah.
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>> But, Steve, how about Louis Armstrong?  He was in movies and his All Stars
>> played all the big auditoriums.  Was he rich?  Maybe not, he never moved from
>> his modest home in Queens.
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> Hi George: