A piece of history from the Newport Jazz Archives... Turns out Billy Taylor was available and on November 6, 1951 Charles performed at jazz promoter and producer George Wein’s famous club Storyville in Boston, MA with Billy Taylor on piano and Marquis Foster on drums, less than two weeks after this letter was written. Three years later Wein produced the first Newport Jazz Festival in 1954.

Credit: Newport Jazz Archive

Nat Hentoff hosted the broadcast and it was the first time he met Mingus, which started a long friendship. (Source.)