[Tradjazz] Some random thoughts

[GeoHunt1 at aol.com]

To Steve Barbone:

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.

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.

George Hunt