The Righteous Bojambo #58 - Four Kings
Channel: Foul Quince
Date: 2021-08-19

Deep in the heart of the American darkness, there burned a flame. A flame of alchemy, and from it's crucible, emerged a light that lit up the world.  Thus was the birth of jazz, from its cradles in saloons and rented church halls around New Orleans' Lower 9th ward and the desperate slum known as Back o' Town, to the sporting clubs and whorehouses of the French Quarter and Storeyville. And, while there were outstanding trombonists, clarinet players and banjoists, Jazz (or Jas, as it was at first known) prized most it's trumpeters. Here are the stories of the 4 trumpeters (actually cornetists) who were crowned the King of Jazz and took it from New Orleans to the rest of America.