Smith & Pointon/Bill Russell and the New Orleans Jazz Revival, 2. Chicago Sketches

Beginning in 1938, Bill began his career as a writer specializing in jazz music. First piece for Hugues Panassié on boogie-woogie piano music. He talks about his research into early jazz musicians’ lives for the book Jazzmen. Interviews Louis Armstrong for first discography of Louis, and his meeting with John Cage and Merce Cunningham.