excerpt from 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It' pp. 168-169 (158 words)
excerpt from 'Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It' pp. 168-169 (158 words)
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…[A]t nights everybody used to carry their horns round with them and wherever there was a piano you'd find horn players sitting and jamming. There'd be maybe a piano player, and a drummer, and about six different cornet players; everybody trying to outblow everybody else. And whoever owned the place would stand drinks all night long. It was OK by him, he got free music that way… The earliest bands I can remember (about 1923) were those of Fess Williams, Wilbur Sweatman, Jack Hatton the trumpet player, and the famous trumpeter, Johnny Dunn. Mamie Smith had a wonderful band working at the Garden of Joy, which was built on top of a rock which is now 140th and Seventh Avenue. Bubber Miley was playing trumpet; Sidney Bechet, soprano; Earl Frazier, piano; and Cecil McCoy, claret. There were many colorful hot spots scattered about Harlem, and no curfew to dampen the spirits or curtail early morning activities. |
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