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Jazz trumpeter - or, better still, all-round showman - Louis Armstrong opened here last night in Club Embassy's Palm Grove Lounge and proceeded to put(...)
Jazz trumpeter - or, better still, all-round showman - Louis Armstrong opened here last night in Club Embassy's Palm Grove Lounge and proceeded to put(...)

Jazz trumpeter - or, better still, all-round showman - Louis Armstrong opened here last night in Club Embassy's Palm Grove Lounge and proceeded to put(...)

Date5/20/1968
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Original Toronto Star caption: Jazz trumpeter - or, better still, all-round showman - Louis Armstrong opened here last night in Club Embassy's Palm Grove Lounge and proceeded to put on the best show in town. If what Louis and His All Stars were playing wasn't jazz, by some rigid stgandards, it still had all the verve of a resasonable facsimile.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0029717F
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Louis Armstrong. Continues at the Embassy
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Diplomatic discussion: Burney holds twice-a-week meetings with embassy's senior officers, where they discuss major coming events, key issues, and plan visits
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12/19/1988
Jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Buck Clayton (left) romp through their numbers last night during opening at the Colonial Tavern. Star of last night's p(...)
Jazz ensemble led by trumpeter Buck Clayton (left) romp through their numbers last night during opening at the Colonial Tavern. Star of last night's p(...)
12/27/1967
Mann takes aim. Argo football player Dave Mann lines up a shot during opening of posh Embassy Billiards Lounge on Bloor St., W. last night. Too bad it(...)
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Illinois Jacquet, not playing saxophone in a Toronto club, was a longtime friend of Louis Armstrong and eulogized him at a musical memorial service ye(...)
Illinois Jacquet, not playing saxophone in a Toronto club, was a longtime friend of Louis Armstrong and eulogized him at a musical memorial service ye(...)
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Joe Muranyl - Louis Armstrong all stars
Joe Muranyl - Louis Armstrong all stars
3/20/1968
Montreal jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson Saturday night basked in the roar of approval from 8,000 fans at the Forum
Montreal jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson Saturday night basked in the roar of approval from 8,000 fans at the Forum
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The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer
The phone works! The storm destroyed her farm house just south of Dundalk, but the phone - somehow in working order - rang and Sheila Hannon Ruttan, still in shock, proceeded to answer
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Still full of bounce and tigerish vigor, according to Star staff writer Frank Rasky, trumpeter Harry James last night took 1,000 boogie-woogie and fox(...)
Still full of bounce and tigerish vigor, according to Star staff writer Frank Rasky, trumpeter Harry James last night took 1,000 boogie-woogie and fox(...)
5/18/1976
Realtor's signs say it all. Louis Galperin puts his convictions on display
Realtor's signs say it all. Louis Galperin puts his convictions on display
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