I'm at the airport in New Orleans waiting for a flight. The airport authority has an exhibit of photos of different jazz bands of the 1920s and 1930s.
There is one photo of the "New Orleans Rhythm Kings" (aka "Friar's Society Band"). 8 man group 1 drummer, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone, 2 saves, 1 banjo/ guitar and a bass. Also one fellow identified as Paul Mares who is pictured with something that looks like a horn. If the negative was not flipped when it was printed it appears to be a right handed horn. The picture was blown up from a smaller one making difficult to identify type of valves. Mr. Mares has two mutes displayed both conical. One appears to be metallic, the other some unidentified mat'l but not metal. _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
