Al Norris

Mail a letter in New York City in the '50s and it may have been touched by the same fingers that throttled the chords to "Sweet Sue" and other classic jazz themes from the Jimmie Lunceford band. Guitarist Al Norris, whose professional music career began in the late '20s, had put all the excitement of swinging music behind him by the '50s and was working for a Big Apple post office, not bandleader. ...more