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Son, what's happened? In two years I've never seen such... such a change.

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 00:21:26 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Yes, I think you'll like it here.

- The director put me, the trumpet, in the kid's hand.

- And he blew and learned the notes in the reform school classroom until his term was nearly up.

- And his mother came by... 'Louis. You say you don't want to come home.'

- Home! Ma, I'm trying to tell you, it's easier here. I don't mind it now.

- Son, what's happened? In two years I've never seen such... such a change.

- Don't cry! I'm staying in's long as they'll teach me... all the music they know.

- When I come out, I'll be able to blow. I'll be able to make the kind of noise on that horn people'll come miles to hear.

- Let me learn more. I've gotta learn all I can.

- The kid left her and went back to me, the trumpet, and blew until his cheeks ached and his lips cracked and split, but he kept on.

- He marched in the parades, and his notes took on a military precision and cut clean and clear.

[...]

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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