(MUSIC) Armstrong Louis A friendly letter to a fellow musici

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(MUSIC.) Armstrong, Louis. A friendly letter to a fellow musician, with a signed photograph. Autograph Letter Signed "Louis 'Satchmo' Armstrong" to Milton Mesirow in Jackson Heights, NY. 3 pages, 7 1/2 x 6 inches to sight, on one folding sheet; folds, minor toning. Framed and matted with a facsimile of the first page, the original stamped and cancelled envelope in Armstrong's hand, and a signed photograph of Armstrong; not examined out of frame. Chicago, 9 February 1935

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A friendly letter to the clarinet player, marijuana dealer and all-around character known in the jazz scene as Mezz Mezzrow. "Dear pal Mez: Hello, Pops, how is everything going these days? Alpha and I were expecting you to come back and say goodbye before you returned to New York. . . . I tried my best to make it possible for you while I was there. Now, pal, you and Bonnie must not worry about anything. . . . I have everything under control. I have really made up my mind to never work for Collins any more, so that's that. . . . Well, I won't say too much, pal, so send the orchestrations. Also, write me at once." Armstrong had recently split with his volatile manager Johnny Collins.
The photograph is 9 1/4 x 7 inches to sight, depicts Armstrong seated with his trumpet, and is inscribed "Best wishes to Arthur, a swell little fellow, Louis Armstrong, 21/7/34."