St Louis Blues - Marty Napoleon 1982.mov

St.Louis Blues - Marty Napoleon 1982.

Marty Napoleon (born 1921) is an American jazz pianist born in Brooklyn, New York, perhaps best-known for having replaced Earl Hines in Louis Armstrong's All Stars in 1952. In 1946 he worked with Gene Krupa and went on to work with his uncle Phil Napoleon, a trumpeter, from 1966-1971 he was performing with Louis Armstrong again. As of 2010, he resides in Glen Cove, New York.
In this clip in he performs in 1982 with a band with former members of the Armstrong group at a festival in Bern, Switzerland. Marty swings like no other with his former mates, Jack Lesberg on bass and Gus Johnson on drums

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[the1napoleon]

seutschphotographics - your the man - Marty Napoleon Rocks the House - still at 90!! love it 

[akmhidra23]

wondeful!!

[deutschphotographics]

Marty is still the Judge!