Danny Barker in New Orleans - early 20th Century
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, page 15:
…[I]n the days before they closed The District [in 1917, New Orleans] the most exciting form of musical entertainment (aggregation) was not the jazz bands but the brass bands. The bass beat on the bass drum, beautifully executed by Black Benny, would suddenly silence a crowd of some seven or eight thousand loud and boisterous pleasure-seekers. All ears perked up for maybe a minute anxiously awaiting the lead trumpeter to blow the three double-eighth notes, ta-ta, ta-ta, ta-ta, signalling the band members who were scattered nearby, having wandered among the crowd. Characters … 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. 15. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1433341215423 accessed: 12 October, 2024
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Listening to
hide composersNew Orleans Brass Band music | performed by Buddy Petit, Frankie Duson, Kid Rena, Chris Kelly, Bunk Johnson |
Experience Information
Date/Time | early 20th Century |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, outdoors, in public |