Word: satchmo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louis, the One & Only. Satchmo the magnificent by Artzybasheff the admirable...
...Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong, king of jazz trumpeters, went back home for a brief reign as King of the Zulus at New Orleans' Mardi Gras. Buttoned into an outlandish red velvet tunic, and brandishing a silver scepter and a fat black cigar, Satchmo began his triumphal tour at 9 in the morning. Rumbled gravel-voiced Louis as he settled himself on the throne on his gilded float: "Man, this is rich." The parade stopped before the Gertrude Geddes Willis Funeral Home, and the royal party dismounted for a light lunch of turkey and ham sandwiches, pickles, olives and champagne...
...Just a Synopsis." With his present (and fourth) wife, pretty onetime show girl Lucille ("Brown Sugar") Wilson, Satchmo makes his "regular home" in a twelve-room house in a mixed white-and-colored neighborhood in Corona, borough of Queens, New York City...
...snack," accompanied by Brown Sugar, his valet, "Doctor" Pugh, and whatever old friends and acquaintances want to join the party. The snack usually comes to a huge portion of ham & eggs, with potatoes, hot biscuits, hominy grits and coffee on the side. When complimented on his appetite, Satchmo replies: "Man, that's just a synopsis...
...questioned Glaser's plans for him. Glaser says: "I'm Louis and Louis is me. There's nothing I wouldn't do for him." One thing he has done is to make sure that happy-go-lucky Louis Armstrong will never be in need. Should Satchmo have to lay down his gleaming horn tomorrow, Glaser says, he would collect $864 a month for life...