Twin Cities Music Highlights

Illinois Jacquet and Ella Fitzgerald – 1948

February 1, 1948

A concert and dance featuring Ella Fitzgerald and Illinois Jacquet was held at the Minneapolis Armory on February 1, 1948. Bob Smith was the promoter, and Leigh Kamman of WLOL was the emcee.

 

Pictured below are Bob Smith, Illinois Jacquet, Ella Fitzgerald, and Leigh Kamman.  From the papers of Leigh Kamman.

 

Photo by Buzz Brown, courtesy Hennepin County Library