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May 1947. New York. "Vivien Garry and Teddy Kaye at Dixon's." The jazz bassist and her pianist, two-thirds of the Vivien Garry Trio. Acetate negative by William Gottlieb. View full size.
Imagine if Kramer (Seinfeld series, in case a reader knows not of this character) opened a door and Ms Garry appeared. We can only ponder that the visual and aural reaction would be quite something to witness.
Good thing there’s a piano there, or the poor lady might fall flat on her face.
That one may be called a “Tidal Wave”.
That is one spankin’ package: the sleeves, the nails, the decolletage, the mouth, the eyebrows, the hair. All the power to her! But I can’t figure out the hair, especially that snowplow up top.
Ms. Garry's trio seems to have eventually morphed into a quintet. 1920-2008: she appears to have lived a full life that was as long as it was ... uhm, well-rounded.
Garry was both an accomplished jazz singer and bassist.
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