"I started out as a clarinetist playing around Chicago, making a living, listening to other people like many other musicians did. I enjoyed playing—and I found myself really making money at age fourteen or so." - Benny Goodman
source: Interview with American Heritage Magazine (Oct/Nov, 1981)
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts
Danny Barker Quotes
"Louis played the Regal Theater in Chicago,and they had this fantastic trumpeter Reuben Reeves in the pit. So in the overture they put Reuben Reeves on stage doing some of Louis's tunes. Louis listened - then when he came on he said, "Tiger Rag". Played about thirty choruses! The next show? No overture!" - Danny Barker
Mel Torme Quotes
"Because Chicago was to radio what Hollywood was to films and Broadway was to the theatre: it was the hub of radio." - Mel Torme
Lionel Hampton Quotes
"I worked hard learning harmony and theory when I was growing up in Chicago in the 1920s." - Lionel Hampton
Jelly Roll Morton Quotes
"I have been robbed of three million dollars all told. Everyone today is playing my stuff and I don't even get credit. Kansas City style, Chicago style, New Orleans style hell, they're all Jelly Roll style." - Jelly Roll Morton
Sun Ra Quotes
"And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the other planets." - Sun Ra
