Yehudi Menuhin in Palm Beach, Florida - the 1930's
from Unfinished Journey, page 115:
[…] at Palm Beach I heard grass-roots jazz for the first time in my life. On the wrong side of the tracks a group of Negro boys with washboards and other instruments were playing for their own amusement. I was deeply impressed.
cite as
Yehudi Menuhin, Unfinished Journey (London, April, 1977), p. 115. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1409776369231 accessed: 18 January, 2025
Listeners
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Listening to
hide composers| Jazz at Palm Beach | performed by African-American boys |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1930's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by tlisboa on Wed, 03 Sep 2014 21:32:49 +0100
Approved on Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:32:31 +0000