Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Wilmer Wise: 'A Black musician in a European orchestra in 1953?'


[Video of Jussi Björling singing "Celeste Aida" (1953) – YouTube]

Prominent trumpeter Wilmer Wise forwards a YouTube video of Jussi Björling singing “Celeste Aida” in Stockholm, Sweden September 27, 1953:

A Black musician in a European orchestra in 1953??? Who was that guy? Check the violist by Bjorling's right shoulder.

Wilmer”

Video of Jussi Björling singing "Celeste Aida" (1953) - YouTube

Stockholm - September 27, 1953

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