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[Helen Mandel]

EVERY MONDAY ANOTHER OFF-BEAT OUT TAKE FROM THE AH HA! JAZZ COLLECTION
WILL APPEAR ON NEW PAGE : JAZZ du JOUR. THESE ARE SUPER CANDID SHOTS
OF JAZZ GREATS TAKEN BETWEEN PERFORMANCES AT THE GRANDE PARADE DU JAZZ
IN NICE, FRANCE, AT THE OVERSEAS PRESS CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY AND AT
THE COOKERY JAZZ CLUB IN GREENWICH VILLAGE.

FOR UNEXPECTED LOOKS AT FAMILIAR JAZZ FACES, CHECK "JAZZ DU JOUR" www.ahhajazz.com

[Pete C]

The photo of Helen Humes at the Cookery brings back memories.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

>>The Cookery, Barney Josephson’s Greenwich Village club was the next hotspot for jazz in the Seventies. Barney resurrected the spirit of his earlier Cafe Society Downtown<<


Pete: how old was Barney when he opened The Cookery? Meeropol's 'Strange Fruit' debuted at Cafe Society in 1937.

[Pete C]

Originally posted by Squaredancecalling Steve

Pete: how old was Barney when he opened The Cookery? Meeropol's 'Strange Fruit' debuted at Cafe Society in 1937.

My research reveals that while the song was written in 1937, Billie first performed it in 1939.

I'd guess Josephson was in his 70s when he opened the Cookery. I was only there a couple of times, and I can't remember who I saw besides Humes.

I never caught Alberta Hunter, and I'm really sorry I missed Teddy Wilson.

[Helen Mandel]

FOR UNEXPECTED LOOKS AT FAMILIAR JAZZ FACES CHECK www.ahhajazz.com
This week on Jazz du Jour : Earl Fatha Hines, Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie
working on some R & R between sets at the Grande Parade du Jazz in Nice.

[Helen Mandel]

This week's Jazz du Jour photo from the Ah Ha Jazz collection:
Eubie Blake at the Overseas Press Club Twilight jazz session.
Helen Mandel www.ahhajazz.com