Ed Ford, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong in the dressing room at Madison Square Garden, NYC, 23 February 1970.
Conversation
Louis Armstrong plays for his wife Lucille, Giza, 1961
Replying to
Herman Leonard, Ella singing at the Downbeat Club in NYC with Benny Goodman and an enraptured Duke Ellington in the audience, 1948
5
30
134
Replying to
This photo makes me so happy. It makes me want to write a poem. It makes me breathless.
PS How odd that two musical giants from the southern US—Louis Armstrong & BB King—had “Lucilles” prominently in their lives.

