These unique photographs represented a period out of reach. You can't go back there. The social situations are no longer available. Today, a different generation of players go for the public.
Careers are different, training and backgrounds, attitudes.
Doesn't really exist today. Duke Ellington performed for Royalty in the concert hall, and for dancers at high school gyms. He was a real original. To be continued. And, I am very grateful to the people who gave me the opportunity to make these photographs and the negatives still survive.