Rare Satchmo Photo Silent Auction To Benefit ALS

May 18, 2005

To: Listings/Critics/Features From: JAZZ PROMO SERVICES Press Contact: JIM EIGO, [email protected]

Hi Jazz Enthusiasts and ALS Supporters,

This webpage is dedicated to one of the founding fathers of jazz, Louis Armstrong, as well as one of the most devastating diseases affecting patients today, ALS, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This online silent auction is made possible by Alyssa Adams, wife of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Eddie Adams. Eddie took this intimate photo of Satchmo in 1970. Decades later, Eddie passed away from ALS. We are celebrating May as National ALS Awareness Month by bringing together the strength, talents and legend of Louis Armstrong with that of Lou Gehrig and Eddie Adams. Please help us improve living with and find a cure for ALS by clicking here and placing an online bid for this piece of jazz history.

Thank you for your support, Alyssa Adams, Jim Eigo (Jazz Promo Services) and Anne Davino (The ALS Association)