Hugues Panassié
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Hugues Panassié was a French critic, record producer, and impresario of traditional jazz.
Hugues Panassié, Red Prysock, and Tiny Grimes, New York City, circa 1946–1948 (William P. Gottlieb, photo)
Mezz Mezzrow
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Milton Mesirow, better known as Mezz Mezzrow, was an American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist from Chicago, Illinois. He is remembered for organizing and financing recording sessions with Tommy Ladni
Hugues Panassié
…recalled that it "soon had dozens of rivals, in almost as many languages, all through Europe". He produced recording sessions in New York featuring Mezz Mezzrow and Tommy Ladnier from November 1938 to January 1939. During World War II, the Germans occupied the northern half of France beginning June 1940. The…
Mezzrow, c. November 1946
Père Lachaise Cemetery.