Gene Norman’s “Just Jazz“ Concert - Blue Lou (featuring Wardell Gray and Errol Garner)

GENE NORMAN’S “JUST JAZZ“ CONCERT Civic Auditorium, Pasadena, CA, April 29, 1947 Wardell Gray (ts); Errol Garner (p); Irving Ashby (el-g); George “Red“ Callender (b); Jackie Mills (d). Source: CD: Giants Of Jazz CD 53317 The Billboard, April 12, 1947 (page 34): HOLLYWOOD: Disk Jockey Gene Norman (KFWB) will stage the first in a planned series of Gene Norman Presents Just Jazz concerts April 29, at Pasadena Civic Aud. Names already set for the bill include Benny Goodman, Benny Carter and Red Norvo. Norman will emsee (sic) the two-and-a-half hour session.