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- Say... Louis. Get up on bandstand with Oliver, will you?
- King Oliver?
- Yeah... the great 'King.'

9 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 00:26:52 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- 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...

[...]

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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