Leora Henderson in New York City
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 221-222:
[W]hen the time came to do the show [at the Lafayette Theatre, New York], he came into the pit with me. I didn't know it then, but he had hidden a trumpet there, and when some blues singer (I just can't remember her name) began to sing, Joe [Smith] played. And the people started to howl. I'm telling you, I couldn't play another note that night!
He came to the theatre every day after that band I helped to make him read and he really could play anything. […] Joe had such a big soft beautiful sound. Bessie Smith was just crazy about his playing and he was on lots of her … 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. 221-222. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435225924323 accessed: 1 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| Blues | performed by Joe Smith |
Experience Information
| Medium | live, playback |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |