BIlly Eckstine in New York City - the 1940's
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 355-358:
There used to be a joint in New York, a late spot up on 138th, called Clark Monroe's Uptown House, where the guys all jammed. I had learned trumpet--fooling around with it, you know--and used to go out and jam at Monroe's. Bird [Charlie Parker] used to go down there and blow every night while he was with McShann at the Savoy and he just played gorgeous.
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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. 355-358. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435923333818 accessed: 6 May, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| jazz horn music | performed by Charlie Parker |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | the 1940's |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |