On May 8, 1948, Louis Armstrong (trumpet) and Jack Teagarden (trombone) appeared at the St. Paul Auditorium for a jam session.

 

The next night, the two appeared at the Minneapolis Auditorium on a bill with Earl “Fatha” Hines (piano), Arville Shaw (bass), Big Sid Catlatt (drums), Barney Bigard (clarinet and tenor sax), and Velma Middleton, who sang with Armstrong’s band from 1942 to her death in 1961.  The show was promoted by Bob Smith, and KSTP’s Don Hawkins was the emcee.

 

 

 

The photo below came from the papers of Leigh Kamman.