October 3, 1959: Paul V. Coates – Confidential File

October 3, 1959: Thelonious Monk leaves after playing two numbers at the Hollywood Bowl Jazz fest.

Paul Coates says Mike Wallace decides not to have Aldous Huxley on his TV show because Huxley wasn’t well known. Huxley asked: “Mike Wallace? Who’s Mike Wallace?”


October 3, 1959: Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl with Billy Eckstine, Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Joe Williams and Cal Tjader. Thelonious Monk leaves after two numbers.

October 3, 1959: Letters to Paul Coates: Mike Wallace decides not to have Aldous Huxley on his TV show because Huxley wasn’t well known. Huxley asked: “Mike Wallace? Who’s Mike Wallace?”

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