Jimmy McPartland in New York City

from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 279-280:

Back in New York, I was having a couple of drinks with Bud Freeman and Pee Wee Russell one evening in a little speakeasy on 51st Street, when Pee Wee began talking about a trombone player, the greatest thing he had heard in his life… Pee Wee introduced us… [to] Jack Teagarden, from Texas, and looked it. "Fine," we said. "We've been hearing a lot about you, would sure like to hear you play." The guy says, "All right'" gets his horn out, puts it together, blows a couple of warm-up notes and starts to play "Diane." No accompaniment, just neat; he played it solo, and I'm telling you, he …   more >>
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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. 279-280. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1435569370949 accessed: 29 March, 2024

location of experience: New York City

Listeners

Jimmy McPartland
cornetist
1907-1991

Listening to

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blues trombone music performed by Jack Teagarden
jazz trombone music performed by Jack Teagarden

Experience Information

Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by 5011Henning on Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:16:11 +0100
Approved on Wed, 31 Aug 2016 09:39:06 +0100