Tour Program: Louis Armstrong Original 1950's Jazz Concert Program SIGNED by all members

Louis Armstrong Original 1950's Jazz Concert Program SIGNED by all members

• My father took me to see Louis Armstrong in October 1956 at the Houston Texas music Hall coliseum. The stage was set on the cement floor of the coliseum. We sat front row on the right side of the stage in folding chairs. At intermission Dad sent me to get autographs, That's why Mr Louis Armstrong signed-it “To Judy”.
• The information I found on his band members is from Google search, YouTube, the book All of Me, and The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz.
• Velma Middleton (September 1, 1917 – February 10, 1961)[1] was an American jazz vocalist and entertainer, who is best known for having sung with Louis Armstrong's big bands and small groups from 1942 until her death.
• William 'Bill' Mastrangel was temporary trombone from Oct. 24,1956 – Nov. 1, 1956. I was unable to find anything else about him.
• Edmond Hall (May 15, 1901 – February 11, 1967) was an American jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Over his long career Hall worked extensively with many top performers as both a sideman and bandleader and is perhaps best known for the 1941 chamber jazz song "Profoundly Blue," which is regarded as a pre-World War II jazz classic. Edmond Hall toured the world as a member of Louis Armstrong's All-Stars (1955-1958),
• Billy Kyle ** Kyle remained with 'The Biggest Little Band in the Land' until called up for military service in 1942. He then worked extensively with Sy Oliver, as well as fronting several small combos of his own. From 1953 until his death, he was a member of the Louis Armstrong All-Stars and can be glimpsed in the musical High Society (1956). Kyle was noted for a delicate style and a tendency to prefer rhythmic support to playing lead piano.
• ** In this program his name was misspelled as 'KYLES'. In all of the research I found his his named spelled 'KYLE'.
• Barrett Deems (March 1, 1914 – September 15, 1998) "BARRETT," said Louis Armstrong, "you're the only guy in the world that makes coffee nervous." And was an American swing music jazz drummer born in Springfield, Illinois, probably best known for his work with jazz musicians Jimmy Dorsey, Louis Armstrong (he performed as part of Armstrong's band in the 1956 musical High Society ), Red Norvo, and Muggsy Spanier.[2] Deems was given his first drum because he was a hyperactive child. He remained so for the 84 years of his life.
• William Girsback , better known as Squire Gersh (May 13, 1913 in San Francisco - April 27, 1983[1]) was an American jazz tubist and double-bassist. In 1938 he joined Lu Watters’s big band at Sweet’s Ballroom in Oakland. Thereafter he played traditional jazz in the San Francisco Bay area with Watters, Bob Scobey, Turk Murphy, and Mutt Carey, and recorded with Watters (1942) and Murphy (intermittently, 1950–66). He recorded and toured South America with Louis Armstrong (1956–8 was temporary Bass) and performed in Europe with Henry “Red” Allen