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When night came, it found the kid back at Diamond Stone's...

7 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 00:24:15 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Just by handlin' coal he's learned to handle a trumpet?

- Kid we ain't got time to teach beginners....

- I've gone by the beginners. I'm working up to your class.

- Well, listen to that, will ya?

- Yeah, I'm listening.

- Tell you what, kid. Suppose you come round tonight and sit up on the bandstand. We'll see what class you're in. Yes, we'll see what class you're in.

- When night came, it found the kid back at Diamond Stone's...

- And they let him get on the bandstand, and Bunk put a battered old horn in his pocket.

- We'll tell you when to try to blow in.

- The number's 'Tiger Rag.' You heard of it?

- Sure, I know it by heart.

- OK, here we go.

(Band playing Tiger Rad)

- The kid had me at his lips, and with his lungs grown strong by hawking coal and his dreams clear, bold and rich...

[...]

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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