Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It
Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It (written work, Historical work)
| Listening experiences | 1433412945050: I remember the Onward Brass Band had to play the m... 1433434192397: When I was thirteen, I formed a band… We had a hom... 1433497074254: I joined John Robichaux in 1904. There were seven ... 1433497743017: Each Sunday, [Buddy] Bolden went to church and tha... 1433872332752: So certain good musicians of that time [early twen... 1434718246310: I knew the owner of the Dreamland and was allowed ... 1434718777442: As a kid (and Louis [Armstrong] always called me K... 1434812905117: The first time I heard Benny Goodman was in Chicag... 1435054330154: This was also the time when we had the world's mos... 1435058594161: In those days, we would carry our equipment with u... 1435061962032: The Savoy was a place of tremendous enthusiasm, a ... 1435062677678: The Dunbar Palace in New York's Harlem--appearing ... 1435065195093: The band at first was inclined to be a bit reserve... 1435152418693: About 1925 it was customary every Monday morning f... 1435155558032: I remember when Joe [Smith] came to New York in 19... 1435156627008: He put so much oomph into his horn that I have see... 1435233202783: The first time I heard Duke Ellington was at the K... 1435236225449: I first heard the Ellington band in 1927, which wa... 1435248185184: In 1934, in Pittsburgh, I heard and saw the Elling... 1435248624623: I like great big ole tears. That's why I liked [Ar... 1435411080246: Porter Grainger brought her to my apartment on Wes... 1435413285689: And there was usually something worth hearing in t... 1435414940033: Right after James P. heard Fats Waller playing the... 1435417386795: I'll never forget when I first met Fats [Waller] p... 1435418101924: Can you imagine hearing Louis Armstrong playing th... 1435494560741: I had booked a date with Muzak to do some transcri... 1435497000329: Fats Waller was sometimes very unhappy about his m... 1435497797653: I remember when we were playing the Yacht Club. Al... 1435569370949: Back in New York, I was having a couple of drinks ... 1435760345140: That was the first night [Coleman] Hawkins was rea... 1435762720577: In Kaycee [Kansas City] we had a kind of counterpa... 1435763746062: Bennie Moten's band played a two-beat rhythm such ... 1435829095390: Jo Jones reminds me of the wind. He has more class... 1435840243985: [Thelonius] Monk had his own ideas about things, a... 1435851723493: [In the summer of 1942 Benny Green and then Dizzy ... 1435917798035: If you ever listen to Diz [Dizzy Gillespie] hummin... 1435923901067: I used to hear Bird [Charlie Parker] on Fifty-sec... 1435924459086: Everybody was experimenting around 1942, but nobod... 1435932613536: Jazz is a very personal way of playing music. Ever... 1435933020657: Nat [Cole] had a trio on The Street [52nd St., New... 1435933691517: In Pittsburgh, my home town, I was told about a gr... 1435934837910: Yes, more and more of the modern guys began to com... 1436011016234: I met Dave [Brubeck] in 1944 when he was coming th... 1436017621186: There was another difference between the "high-cla... 1436018365833: The Shields family are a great family of musicians... 1436023057602: Memories go back to the days of the loud jazz band... 1436023457016: In another club on Bourbon [Street], Oscar "Papa" ... 1436025326373: …[W]hen King Joe Oliver, the trumpet man of those ... 1436025987331: She [pianist Lillian Hardin] knew Chicago like a b... 1436027827350: At the Dreamland, in 1925, we had some fine moment... 1436029365293: The Eldorado [Club] was in a cellar and Jimmie Noo... 1436029787715: And they'd line up ten deep at the Dreamland. Mugg... 1436030502434: When Lous [Armstrong] was fixin' to make his next ... 1436030933413: We got to New York on Friday and by Sunday we'd li... |
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| published in | 1992 |
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| ISBN | 0285630903 |
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