Coleman Hawkins in Chicago
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 208-209:
I joined Fletcher Henderson in 1925. I was just a kid. […] I was aware of jazz right from the start as a kid [...] through records and I also used to go to all the classical concerts [in Topeka, Kansas]. [...] I saw the early jazz musicians like Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines the first time I was in Chicago.
[...] I used to go to the South Side to hear the jazz musicians.
[...]
Louis and Earl impressed me a good deal, also Jimmie Noone. When I was a kid, that was the best music you could listen to. Benny Goodman, as I remember, used to hear Jimmie Noone a lot … 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. 208-209. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435154825573 accessed: 28 November, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| jazz horn music | performed by Buster Bailey, Louis Armstrong, Jimmie Noone, Earl Hines, Joe Smith, Benny Goodman |
Experience Information
| Medium | live, playback |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |