Gerald Lascelles and wife with jazz musicians

Jun. 06, 1963 - Kings Of Jazz At Fort Belvedere: Jazz loving cousin of the Queen, Gerald Lascelles and his wife were hosts to the American Jazz men who have come over to play at Lord Montague of Beaulieu's international jazz festival which opens in Manchester tonight. The party was held at the Lascelles home, Fort Belvedere, Sunningdale. The three reigning Kings of Jazz from the U.S.A. were 45-year-old trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, the high priest of modern jazz, 57-year-old Bud Freeman from Chicago, who used to play his saxophone in the Capone speakeasies of the prohibition era, and 51-year-old trumpeter Buck Clayton. Photo Shows In the room at Fort Belvedere where King Edward VIII signed his abdication, three Kings of Jazz sit between their hosts Gerald and Mrs. Lascelles, they are ( left to right) Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Freeman and Buck Clayton

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