New Orleans Jazz Pioneer EDMOND HALL, in a rare publicity photo of the clarinetist during his stint with Louis Armstrong!

Edmond Hall recorded with Billie Holiday, Charlie Christian (Hall was the leader!), Ida Cox, Big Joe Turner, and many more.  Hall worked extensively with Red Allen, Eddie Condon, Claude Hopkins, George Wein, and Teddy Wilson. The prototype for Louis Armstrong and the All-Stars was Edmond Hall’s band plus Pops at Carnegie Hall on February 8, 1947.