Tommy Brookins in Chicago

from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 98-99:

Although he didn't have what is usually called a "personality", Joe Oliver impressed me from the first the I saw him. He was a tranquil man and it was surprising to see him blow such joyous music.

In this era [1920's prohibition era, the Royal Garden, Chicago], Louis Armstrong played in the ensemble and Oliver took the majority of solos. He had a real 'gutbucket tone' and really moved. Armstrong was only rarely heard playing solo [... When he did solo,] Louis really played, showing everyone present all he knew, all his tricks, and he received after each song tremendous …   more >>

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Nat Hentoff and Nat Shapiro, Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (London, 1992), p. 98-99. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434553968409 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: Chicago

Listeners

Tommy Brookins
Singing

Listening to

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Jazz band music performed by King Oliver and His Creole Jazz Band
jazz horn music performed by Louis Armstrong

Experience Information

Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Wed, 17 Jun 2015 16:12:48 +0100
Approved on Wed, 24 Aug 2016 14:22:08 +0100