Fletcher Henderson in New Orleans - 1922
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 202-203:
It was back in 1922, down in New Orleans, when I heard this young man playing the trumpet in a little dance hall. I was accompanist for Ethel Waters, who was the headline attraction at the Lyric Theatre, and I decided that the youthful trumpeter would be great in our act. I asked him his name and found he was Louis Armstrong.
[...] I didn't expect him to accept the offer, and I was very surprised when he came to New York and joined us.
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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. 202-203. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435064554383 accessed: 22 November, 2024
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jazz trumpet performance
written by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis |
performed by Louis Armstrong |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1922 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Tue, 23 Jun 2015 14:02:34 +0100
Approved on Tue, 30 Aug 2016 12:45:14 +0100