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@dirtyfrenchie She had the ability to play quite a few instruments.
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I believe her father was a circus bandmaster and Valaida earned every instrument in the band.
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I am so glad someone posted this. Having grown up overseas, I have long known about her and was disappointed very few people in the States seemed to know of her. "She learned to play cello, bass, banjo, violin, mandolin, harp, accordion, clarinet, trumpet, and saxophone at professional levels by the time she was 15." Despite having been in a Nazi concentration camp for almost two years, she survived and continued on. What a wonderful woman.
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@Pbrothers09 that was exactly my thought when we first heard it in our jazz band
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And forget Melba Liston who was a legend on "The Bone".
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"Little Louis" Man she was stellar and ahead of her time as a woman playing a horn that was rare! Her and Clora Bryant were trailblazers for women horn players.
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Very nice vocal version.Thanks.
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sounds a bit like music from "the junglebook" :D great ! :P
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MUITO BOM..!!!
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A lady with an interesting life! She was called "Little Louie" because of her Satchmo influence. She bounced back after spending 18 months in a Nazi concentration camp. Ms. Snow headlined at the Apollo, appeared in movies and was on Broadway. Her last performance was at the Apollo in 1956, the year she died.
jazzzz1066 3 years ago 3
i don't even know she played the trumpet ! thanks for this masterpiece
dirtyfrenchie 2 years ago 2