Louis Metcalf in Apollo Theater
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 205:
To my mind, the controversy about the two different styles of playing, Eastern and Western, came to a head when Louis Armstrong joined Fletcher Henderson [early 1920's], taking Joe Smith's chair. It was a real jazz feud with all the musicians taking sides. Louis represented the Western style of jazz, while Joe Smith was the Eastern. It was the most terrific thing I ever heard--that midnight show at the Apollo Theatre when Henderson showed off Louis. I don't remember if anybody knew about it in advance, but Joe Smith was sitting in the pit with the house band, and, believe me, when he opened… 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. 205. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435066737377 accessed: 25 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| East coast jazz | performed by Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra, Joe Smith |
Experience Information
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |