Duke Ellington at the State Theatre Baby Laurence performer Jackson, Jigsaw performer Theatrical Performance 1942-12-11 State Theater Through December 13. The bill also included dancers Jigsaw Jackson and Baby Laurence, plus singer Frank Sinatra (just shaken loose from the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and headed for his successful Paramount Theatre debut as a single, and the "Lucky Strike Hit Parade" on the radio). Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Strattemann, Klaus: Duke Ellington: Day by Day, Film by Film. Copenhagen: Jazz Media (1992). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html "Baby" Laurence Jackson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.109 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.1183