[Dixielandjazz] Re: Quick! Send me a jazz/blues lesson for kids

[Stephen Barbone]

Nancy:

Talk to them about how young Louis Armstrong got his start playing a tin horn
on the Karnofsky's junk wagon. Then how he got Mr. Karnosky to advance him some
salary money to buy his first cornet for $5. Then how he started playing in
brass bands. Then how he got sent to the home for "colored waifs" and played in
that band. Then how he started playing in the tonks in Storyville. Etc., etc.,
etc.

And then how he became the most influencial/important figure in Jazz, if not
all of music, during the 20th century.

All of this from an illegitimate black child, starting with nothing, who
figured out how to succeed in a largely hostile world, with a little help from
his mother.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone

Nancy Giffin wrote:

> Hello all:
>
> I hope some of you are still up. It's about 8:30 pm here in Sacramento, and
> I just got called to substitute teach for a music teacher on Wednesday. She
> said I could play bingo or watch a movie, but I said NO WAY! So, she told me
> I can do whatever I want...
>
> Anyone wish to e-mail some interesting info I can share with 10 to
> 12-year-olds? Jazz/blues history blues, etc...
>
> Even if you get this tomorrow, I'd still like to have something for future
> occasions like this.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Nancy