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If I could blow it like you 'n' Buddy Bolden...

3 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 00:11:09 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The kid came up, and the drummer saw him.

- It's that coal-sellin' kid again, Bunk. Shall I call the bouncer?

- Let him alone.

- He's looking at your trumpet like it's a girl he loves.

- Get him outta here before Diamond thinks you invited him.

- All right, all right. Say kid. You'd really like to blow that... huh?

- If I could blow it like you 'n' Buddy Bolden...

- You know where Buddy Bolden is now? Where?

- Insane asylum.

- Too much of this night-life put him there. And this too...

- And he pointed to me and to the cafe and the ghetto outside. The kid didn't bat an eye.

- I don't care. I sure like to blow. I'd sure like for you to show me, Mr. Johnson.

- What'd I tell you? He ain't heard a word you said.

[...]

Destination Freedom Sound Clip

Destination Freedom Radio ShowQuotes 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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