Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 286

Price Realized: $ 1,680
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(MUSIC.) ARMSTRONG, LOUIS "SATCHMO." The Fate Marable Orchestra with Louis Armstrong, 2nd trumpet, photograph 5 7/8x9 3/8 inches; some signs of removal from an album. [St. Louis, circa 1919-21]
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With Fate Marable on piano, Baby Dodds, drums, Johnny Dodds, clarinet, Johnny St Cyr, on banjo, "Pops" Foster, bass, Bill Ridgeley, trombone, Dave Jones, violin, Joe Howard, 1st trumpet, and Louis Armstrong, 2nd trumpet, photographed on board the sternwheeler S.S. Capitol. Armstrong had been playing with a King Oliver "inspired" group in New Orleans when he heard of an opening in Fate Marable's orchestra. In 1919, he went to St. Louis and stayed with the Marable group until 1921.