Zutty Singleton 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 48:
The first time I ever saw Louis [Armstrong] he was about twelve, thirteen years old. He was singing with three other kids in an amateur show at Bill and Mary Mack's tent show in New Orleans. Louis was singing tenor then and they broke it up that night. The other three boys were Red Happy, Little Mack and a guy by the name of Clarence. This happened just before Louis got sent to the Waif's Home, and so I didn't see him again for a while. But I heard about him at the home. Some of the fellows that were sent there would come back and say how fine this Louis Armstrong was playing.
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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. 48. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433679138765 accessed: 8 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Maryland, my Maryland | performed by Louis Armstrong |
| New Orleans jazz | performed by Clarence, Little Mack, Red Happy, Louis Armstrong |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | early 20th Century |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |