She writes: "This is an invitation to my solo show 'Jazz Etc.' which opens on the afternoon of the Tenth of November, which is a Sunday. I hope those of you who are within range will be able to drop by.
I have been working on this series for at least three years - and I have also put together a collection of my sketches of long ago portraying some of the Jazz greats that I was fortunate enough to see ... and actually meet ... in person.
These are from a weekend I spent at the Faisan Bleu in Ste Hyacinthe, Quebec with the Nymans, friends of my Dad ... when Louis Armstrong and his All Stars were playing there. I was seventeen and very excited … tasted my very first scotch …tried singing “Autumn Leaves" for Billy Kyle (piano) to which he said. 'Man! You’re changing octaves in the middle of a note!' Amazing how dorky you can be when you’re young!
Met Velma Middleton and Louis Armstrong at three in the morning and sewed a button back on his jacket. He was just back from Germany and played 'Huzza Kuzzar' for me. Had a big rambling discussion with Trummy Young about God.
It was totally a cool night and I was treated like a princess and only got to bed at daybreak. The Nymans and I missed three buses back to Montreal; we were so hung-over!"
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