Joe Marsala in Chicago
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 126-127:
I started playing around 1924. Never could afford to go in, but would listen outside the Friar's Inn [Chicago]. Then at Columbia Hall, where Muggsy [Spanier] played, Johnny Lane was clarinetist and had an orchestra there. I liked that kind of music. The others would go to dance, but my brother, Marty, and I used to listen to the band, and hear them jam.
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Most of the playing I did in those days was for nothing--I just stayed up all night and did so much sitting in, they didn't have to pay me. I got to know about the different styles--Rappolo was finest clarinetist I … more >>
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. 126-127. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434813824946 accessed: 17 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Jazz band music | performed by Johnny Lane Band, Muggsy Spanier |
| jazz clarinet performances | performed by Teschemacher, Jimmie Noone, Leon Rappolo |
Experience Information
| Medium | live, playback |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, outdoors, in public |