Clarence Williams in Louisiana - 1906
from Hear Me Talkin' To Ya: The Classic Story of Jazz as Told by the Men Who Made It, pages 31-32:
I came to New Orleans in 1906, when I was fourteen years old. It was after I heard Buddy Bolden, when he came through my hometown, Plaquemine, Louisiana, on an excursion, and his trumpet playin' excited me so that I said, "I'm goin' to New Orleans." I had never heard anything like that before in my whole life[.]
[... In] New Orleans […] my first musical job was singin' and playin' the piano at a spaghetti place[. …] At that time piano players would come in from all over the South for the races, and all the local piano players would listen to 'em to catch ideas. … 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. 31-32. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436019108291 accessed: 19 April, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers| jazz piano music | |
jazz trumpet performance
written by Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis |
performed by Buddy Bolden |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1906 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in public |