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
Mezzrow, c. November 1946
Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Hugues Panassié
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Hugues Panassié was a French critic, record producer, and impresario of traditional jazz.
Mezz Mezzrow
…Sammy Price, Tommy Ladnier, Sidney Catlett, and Cousin Joe, plus Art Hodes, who was born in Ukraine. Mezzrow's 1938 sessions for the French jazz critic Hugues Panassié involved Bechet and Ladnier, and helped spark the "New Orleans revival". He also played on six recordings by Fats Waller in 1934. In the mid-1940s…
Hugues Panassié, Red Prysock, and Tiny Grimes, New York City, circa 1946–1948 (William P. Gottlieb, photo)