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" In 1957,I took a band("American Jazz Quintet") to Holland & Paris; this photo was taken at a Paris auto-repair garage,where we took our EMW(East German),to be fixed......AGAIN,so we could drive it to Amsterdam,to play that gig,opening for JJ's quintet,w/Bobby Jaspar,Tommy Flanagan,Wilbur Little & Elvin,@ The Concertgebouw. jw"

"Jimmy Wormworth My band: George Braith/as(18 years old!),Sal Amico,trpt; Barry Rodgers,trb; Roland Ashby,p. jw"

"Jimmy Wormworth: Just out of The High School Of Music And Art! He wrote pieces then,that guys can't write NOW!! We played 'em,too! Tunes like,"Drummond's Mood"! Very advanced harmony!! Even at 18,Geo. was really something!"

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" In 1957,I took a band("American Jazz Quintet") to Holland & Paris; this photo was taken at a Paris auto-repair garage,where we took our EMW(East German),to be fixed......AGAIN,so we could drive it to Amsterdam,to play that gig,opening for JJ's quintet,w/Bobby Jaspar,Tommy Flanagan,Wilbur Little & Elvin,@ The Concertgebouw. jw"

"Jimmy Wormworth My band: George Braith/as(18 years old!),Sal Amico,trpt; Barry Rodgers,trb; Roland Ashby,p. jw"

Sal Amico from Syracuse!

He's on that great Sal Nistico record; "Comin' On Up"

Hey, I found another photo of that group

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The American Jazz Quintet: f.l.t.r.: Roland Ashby - Sal Amico - Jimmy Wormsworth - Barry Rogers and George Braith. ( photo: Jimmy Wormworth archive)

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