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It was trombonist Jack Free who first told us about the Marquess of Donegall. Jack wrote: ‘In 1956, we played at a private party for Lord and Lady Donegall, and the guests of honour were the great Louis Armstrong and Mezz Mezzrow ... Lord and Lady Donegall had a club along the Embankment in London, a big house with a great tapestry on the wall – reminded you of the Bayoux Tapestry. It was really a jazz club for debutantes, but all the major visiting musicians played there – they would say “Let’s go down the Lords”, as if it were the cricket ground! Judy Garland, Sophie Tucker, Louis Armstrong, George Lewis – they all played there.’
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