He climbed into King Oliver's bandstand, and he had plenty more left in him.

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6 seconds sound clip from the Destination Freedom - The Trumpet Talks (The early life of Louis Armstrong) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:27:08 in the radio play.

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- Listen. They say when a new music's bein' born, you get one kid like this who comes along years ahead of himself. This kid plays tomorrow's music today.

- Say... Louis. Get up on bandstand with Oliver, will you?

- Yeah... the great 'King.'

- Get up there and blow for 'em.

- Wait. Take my trumpet. Just blow the way you blew across the street... if you've got any more left in you.

- He climbed into King Oliver's bandstand, and he had plenty more left in him.

- When the band began to play, the kid put me to his lips and blew with a phrasing that was peculiar to old New Orleans.

- When they finished, the band couldn't believe their ears and King Oliver said...

- Hey, kid, when you blow you sum up all that's been said around here in a hundred years, and you do it better.

- I'm going up to Chicago and I want you in the band.

- Yeah, jazz is going north to Memphis, St. Louis, Chicago, and from there... everywhere.

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Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Quotes with audio clips from Richard Durham's Destination Freedom old-time radio program, Radio's Black Legacy, 1948-1950.

Actors: Oscar Brown Jr., Studs Terkel, Janice Kingslow, Wezlyn Tilden

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