Louis Armstrong in New Orleans - 1911
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 39:
Now Bunk [Johnson], he's another man they ought to talk about. What a man! Just to hear him talk sends me. I used to hear him in Frankie Duson's Eagle Band in 1911. Did that band swing! How I used to follow him around. He could play funeral marches that made me cry.
cite as
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. 39. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433524125314 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| New Orleans jazz band music | performed by Frankie Duson's Eagle Band, Bunk Johnson |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1911 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Fri, 05 Jun 2015 18:08:45 +0100
Approved on Mon, 22 Aug 2016 11:47:01 +0100