Description
Group performance picture. Eight female dancers. Twelve piece band. Two couples in center, and one couple shaking hands (Ann Montgomery?) Lil Armstrong in the top hat, holding a conductor's baton. Stuff Smith's former band. Date must be 1935, just before Lil heads back to Chicago. Top row, from left: Milt Robinson (trombone), [Paul Butler?not pictured?] Johnny Washington (drums), Sylvester Turpin (bass), Jimmy Sherman (piano). Front row, from left: Jonah Jones, Sleepy Tomlin, Henry Clay (trumpets), Luke Stewart (guitar), Al Williams, Al Gibson, Teddy McRae, George Clarke (saxophones).
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