Out of the struggles of the Negro people against slavery and ghetto life has come the phenomenon of jazz, a truly American music and one of the world's most potent art forms.
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 00:01:38 in the radio play.
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- I've blown taps for the Caesars and the Napoleons.
- My voice has been heard in high and low places.
- But... until the kid blew me, I never knew what scales I could climb.
- It was from the narrow streets of once fabulous New Orleans, where jazz was born.
(Louis Armstrong trumpet solo) (2)
- Yes, I'm the trumpet. Brass cylinder and three valves. My tone was militant.
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