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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.

12 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 00:26:40 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- When the King saw what Bunk had brought in, he frowned.

- You still pickin' up stray cats?

- Listen, King... this kid blows like mad. King... you got to listen to him.

- In less'n a month everybody in New Orleans'll forget all about you an' me.

- You crazy!

- 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.

- You crazy!

- You listen.

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

- King Oliver?

- Yeah... the great 'King.'

- Get up there and blow for 'em.

- Will I?

- 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.

[...]

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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