Sun Ra in Alabama - early 20th Century
from The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music, page 85:
Why do you think you could read music without any training?
It was a gift. I was also surrounded by music as a child. I used to listen to Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith, Ethel Waters, all the jazz greats. Those were the records my family had. Duke Ellington was another one. I came across his records when I was fourteen.
cite as
Len Lyons, The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music (New York, ), p. 85. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1431079795337 accessed: 26 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Jazz | performed by Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters, Fletcher Henderson, Bessie Smith |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | early 20th Century |
| Medium | playback |
| Listening Environment | indoors |
Originally submitted by Gill on Fri, 08 May 2015 11:09:55 +0100
Approved on Sat, 26 Sep 2015 13:11:08 +0100