Jazz-loving penfriends, New Orleans joys

Val Wilmer
Thursday, June 13, 2024

The New Orleans revivalist movement was in full swing in California when a London teenager wrote to its stars. Val Wilmer was that fan. She tells the story, with photographs by Carlos Flores

The New Imperial Jazz Eagles, Los Angeles, 1950s. New Orleans musicians Mike DeLay (trumpet), Edgar Mosely (drums) and Polo Barnes (clarinet) used a marching band name for their revivalist group
The New Imperial Jazz Eagles, Los Angeles, 1950s. New Orleans musicians Mike DeLay (trumpet), Edgar Mosely (drums) and Polo Barnes (clarinet) used a marching band name for their revivalist group

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