Louis Armstrong in New Orleans - early 20th Century
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 44:
Oh that music sounded so good ... In that [Joe Oliver's] band he had Buddy Christian on the piano - Professor Nicholson on clarinet - Zue Robertson on the trombone - himself on cornet and Henry Zeno on drums ... Ahh - there was a drummer for ya ... He had a press roll that one very seldom hear nowadays ... And was he popular ... With everyone [...] [Henry Zeno] was great in a street parade ... He also played in the Onward Brass Band which was made up of top-notched musicians, featuring on the cornets Manuel Perez and King Oliver ... And you never heard a brass band swing in your … 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. 44. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433533704424 accessed: 22 November, 2024
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Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |