bolden (2019)

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[WIND WHISTLING]

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[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

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[ECHOING]

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[INDISTINCT WAILING]

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[WATER DRIPPING]

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[SQUEAKING]

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[SCRAPING]

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[MAN GRUNTING]

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[KEYS JINGLING]

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[BREATHING DEEPLY]

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[INMATES WAILING]

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[WATER DRIPPING]

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[RADIO CLICKS ON]

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[RADIO TUNING]

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MAN: [OVER RADIO]
      <i> This is WSNB Radio</i>
          <i> New Orleans</i>

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<i> live broadcasting</i>
      <i> from the beautiful</i>
    <i> Suburban Gardens here,</i>

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<i> where our special guest</i>
         <i> this evening,</i>
      <i> Mr. Louis Armstrong,</i>

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<i> is back in New Orleans</i>
     <i> after ten long years.</i>

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<i> He's come back here</i>
        <i> a big, big star.</i>

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]

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<i> ...on WSNB Radio</i>
         <i> New Orleans.</i>

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<i> And our next broadcast</i>
     <i> is brought to you by,</i>

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uh, Royal Crown Hair Cream.

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That's right.
   Your hair'll be curling...

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER
          AND LAUGHTER]

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<i> What a crowd here...</i>

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<i> Yes, sir.</i>

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<i> Our station manager</i>
   <i> handed me a paper here</i>

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<i>that says to his recollection,</i>

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<i> this will be the first time</i>
     <i> a colored boy will be</i>
 <i> on the radio in New Orleans.</i>

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<i> All right, so we see</i>
        <i> they're dimming</i>
       <i> the lights here,</i>

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and, uh, our MC
  is approaching the microphone

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to begin
    this evening's broadcast.

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I ain't announcing
   no nigger man on the radio.

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[FEEDBACK OVER SPEAKERS]

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[FEEDBACK STOPS]

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[CLEARS THROAT]

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Good evening,
      ladies and gentlemen.

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I'm Mr. Armstrong.

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[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

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[WHISTLING]

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[LAUGHING]

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Hello. You like that?

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I said we back home,
         we back home.

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO]

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Thank you, folks.
        Thank you, folks.

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Thank you, folks.
      Look out here, folks.

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Now, this goes out to
  all you lovely people in here

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and all my beautiful
       brothers and sisters
      outside on the levee.

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[CHEERING OVER RADIO]

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<i> The first I'm going</i>
        <i> to play for you</i>

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is<i> You Rascal You.</i>
        <i> You Rascal You.</i>

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Look out here, fellas,
            look out.

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You ready?
       Here we go. One...

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[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO]

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[PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC]

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[MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO]

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<i> ¶ Boy, you know one thing?</i>

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<i> ¶ I'll sure be glad</i>
        <i> when you're dead</i>

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[ARMSTRONG CONTINUES
     CHATTERING OVER RADIO]

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<i> ¶ Laughin' and grinnin'</i>
          <i> in my face</i>

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<i> ¶ You're trying to be</i>
  <i> in the back with my wife,</i>
         <i> you old dog</i>

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[LAUGHS]

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[SCRAPING]

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[ARMSTRONG CONTINUES
       SINGING OVER RADIO]

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<i>¶ I'll be glad when you're dead</i>
        <i> you rascal, you</i>

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[CORNET PLAYING]

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[PLAYING CORNET]

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[INMATES SHOUTING]

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<i>¶ I'll be glad when you're dead</i>
         <i> you rascal you</i>

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[OVER RADIO]
<i>¶ I'll be glad when you're dead</i>
         <i> you rascal you</i>

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<i> ¶ When you're layin'</i>
         <i> six feet deep</i>

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<i> ¶ No more fried chicken</i>
          <i> will you eat</i>

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<i> ¶ You ain't no good,</i>
       <i> you rascal you ¶</i>

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[MUSIC CONTINUES OVER RADIO]

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[MUSIC CONTINUES]

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[CHEERING]

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[ARMSTRONG LAUGHING OVER RADIO]
     <i> Thank you, thank you.</i>

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<i> Thank you. Thank you, folks.</i>
       <i> Thank you, folks.</i>
     <i> Thank you, thank you.</i>

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[ARMSTRONG SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
           OVER RADIO]

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[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

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[CORNET PLAYING]

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MAN: [OVER RADIO]
     <i> Ladies and gentlemen,</i>
      <i> listen to the crowd</i>

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<i> welcoming home</i>
 <i> the wonderful Louis Armstrong</i>
        <i> in New Orleans.</i>

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER
      CONTINUES OVER RADIO]

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MAN:<i> This here is my sister,</i>
        <i> Miss Nora Bass.</i>

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<i> Nora, this is</i>
      <i> Mr. Charles Bolden.</i>

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<i> He live on First Street.</i>

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<i> Maybe you should</i>
       <i> invite Mr. Bolden</i>
  <i> to Sunday service with us.</i>

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Nora.

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You don't seem like
    much a church-going man,
           Mr. Bolden.

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Mama and me, we go to...

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Mama and me, we go
    to First Street Baptist.

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Mama.

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This is
       Mr. Charles Bolden.

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This is my mama,
         Mrs. Ida Bass.

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How do you do,
           Mrs. Ida...

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How do you make
    your livin', Mr. Bolden?

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I make the church music better.

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[GIGGLING]

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I make the church music better.

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[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

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[MAN SHOUTS]

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[SCREAMING]

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[GRUNTS]

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[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

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[MEN SHOUTING]

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BOLDEN: So what do a manager do?

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BARTLEY: What do a manager do?

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Oh.

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I take care of the business

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while you take care
          of your music.

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Your music got power.
            I hear it.

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I seen what it do
            to folks.

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-Take power like you got...
             -[SNAPS]

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...combine it with
       a business purpose,

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that's what a manager do.

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[SLURPING]

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<i> You a sensation, Bolden.</i>

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You play horn louder
      than the day's long,

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even in the hot sun.

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You got women
     dropping to your feet,
   hoping to carry your horn.

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The day you was born,
   you was kissed on the lips

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with something only you got,
    ain't nobody else got it.

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Folks hear your music,

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they understand something

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can't hardly put to words.

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[HORSE CARRIAGE APPROACHING]

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And I know how to sell
          what you got.

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And you...
            [LAUGHS]

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...you better listen to me.

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Mmm-hmm.

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How the band supposed
        to make more money
       if we gotta pay you?

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I put you in front
      of a white audience.

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[RUFFLING]

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Jesus Christ, Bartley.

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Yeah.
            [LAUGHS]

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You ever done this?

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I got to fly
          the balloon.

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[RAGTIME MUSIC PLAYING]

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[LAUGHTER]

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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MAN: Boy, they don't
     like this one bit, huh?

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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

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How long before
     we gotta start this...

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-Oh, no,
         I'll be damned.
            -Oh, yeah.

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Oh, no. Buddy.

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Bartley, I don't think
      this is a good idea.

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Oh, you'll be all right.
        You'll be great.

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I won't fall?

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Come on,
       you got to go now.

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Yeah?

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Why the fuck
        am I doing this?

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All right.

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I... Tell me...
      Tell me when to jump.

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[SCREAMING]

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Play it loud!
             [LAUGHS]

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-Stop the cart.
          Stop the cart.
           -Whoa, whoa.

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[RAGTIME MUSIC
       CONTINUES PLAYING]

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[SCREAMING]

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[GRUNTS]

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Oh.

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[PLAYING CORNET]

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[BAND STOPS PLAYING]

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[BRANCHES SNAPPING]

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[BOLDEN EXCLAIMS]

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[RAGTIME MUSIC RESUMES]

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[CORNET PLAYING]

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[CROWD SHOUTING]

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Thanks for the crowd.
             [LAUGHS]

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[DRUMS PLAYING]

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Whoo!

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BAND: Hey, Buddy Bolden!

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[RAGTIME MUSIC CONTINUES]

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MAN: Whoo!

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[BANDS CLASHING]

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Stop.

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[CHEERING]

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[ARMSTRONG CHATTERING
           OVER RADIO]

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ARMSTRONG:<i> Thank you,</i>
     <i> ladies and gentlemen,</i>
           <i> thank you.</i>

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<i> I see that we have someone</i>
 <i> who can't not be here today.</i>

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<i> Right over there.</i>

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<i> You know, folks,</i>
         <i> they helped me</i>
   <i> get my very first cornet.</i>

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<i> Yes, they did.</i>

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<i> I was just a little boy</i>
           <i> back then.</i>

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[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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[ARMSTRONG CHATTERING]

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<i> ¶ Oh, that's it right there</i>

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<i> ¶ Every night</i>

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<i> ¶ You'll hear her croon</i>

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<i> ¶ A Russian lullaby</i>

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<i> ¶ Oh, just</i>

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<i>¶ Just a little plaintive tune</i>

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<i> ¶ When baby starts to cry</i>

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[ARMSTRONG SCATTING]

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<i> ¶ Rock-a-bye, my baby... ¶</i>

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[LOOM SQUEAKING]

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[WHEELS SQUEAKING]

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[ARMSTRONG CHATTERING
           OVER RADIO]

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You all right
        down here, Buddy?

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[LOOMS WHIRRING]

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[SEWING MACHINE CLICKING]

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[HISSING]

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[THUMP]

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[HISSING]

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-[CLACKS]
           -[HISSING]

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[SOUNDS COMBINING IN RHYTHM]

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[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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[MUSIC FADES]

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[MACHINE WHIRRING]

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MAN: [OVER RADIO]
  <i> ...Radio broadcasting live</i>
     <i> from Suburban Gardens</i>

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<i> in New Orleans.</i>

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[CONTINUES CHATTERING]

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[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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MAN:<i> Evening, Bolden.</i>

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<i> As an officer</i>
         <i> of the court,</i>

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<i> I am duty-bound to</i>
  <i> make a periodic assessment</i>

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<i> of the conditions in our</i>
  <i> state prisons and asylums.</i>

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<i> As presiding judge</i>
     <i> of the Criminal Court</i>
       <i> or Orleans parish,</i>

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<i> I am the final arbiter</i>

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<i> of your life and liberty.</i>

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<i> I'm here</i>
     <i> because you're here.</i>

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"Servants...

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"be obedient to them
     that are your masters.

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"according to the flesh,
   with fear and trembling..."

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That's the way the world
        moves on, Bolden.

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Hate your oppressors

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and you'll be enslaved
    forever by your memories.

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[GRUNTING]

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-[BOYS SHOUTING]
         -BARTLEY:<i> Hey!</i>

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Hey!

233
00:21:01,644 --> 00:21:03,728
Kid, you gotta put 'em up
      or you gonna get hit.

234
00:21:04,664 --> 00:21:05,997
All right, you two.

235
00:21:05,999 --> 00:21:07,131
Go on. Come on.

236
00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:08,633
[BOYS CHEERING]

237
00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:30,021
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

238
00:21:35,795 --> 00:21:38,296
-[GRUNTING]
       -What'd I tell you?
        What'd I tell you?

239
00:21:58,217 --> 00:21:59,717
Come on now,
            come on!

240
00:21:59,719 --> 00:22:00,918
[GRUNTING]

241
00:22:24,644 --> 00:22:26,243
[METAL CLANGING]

242
00:22:26,245 --> 00:22:28,112
[CORNET ECHOING]

243
00:22:37,457 --> 00:22:39,223
[MATCHSTICK FLARING]

244
00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:40,825
[SLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

245
00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:31,008
[MUSIC FADES]

246
00:23:31,010 --> 00:23:32,743
BOLDEN: Come on down
    and see me play tonight.

247
00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:34,512
NORA: And leave Mama
           all alone?

248
00:23:34,514 --> 00:23:35,913
No. Bring her with.

249
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:37,948
She can dance
      like we do in church.

250
00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:40,584
-What?
        -I know she can.

251
00:23:43,890 --> 00:23:45,723
[MUSIC RESUMES]

252
00:24:17,423 --> 00:24:19,156
[CORNET PLAYING]

253
00:24:32,405 --> 00:24:33,671
[GASPS]

254
00:24:41,147 --> 00:24:42,179
Hold this.

255
00:24:42,181 --> 00:24:43,714
[GASPING]

256
00:24:53,192 --> 00:24:55,125
Come on,
           you go it.

257
00:24:57,463 --> 00:24:59,530
[MUTTERING]

258
00:25:03,035 --> 00:25:04,201
God damn.

259
00:25:09,208 --> 00:25:10,608
[THUDS]

260
00:25:11,444 --> 00:25:13,511
[PLAYING CORNET]

261
00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:17,648
Why we out here?

262
00:25:17,650 --> 00:25:19,116
Women are dancing
            over here.

263
00:25:19,719 --> 00:25:21,752
Buddy, dancing's inside.

264
00:25:21,754 --> 00:25:23,320
[CHUCKLES]

265
00:25:23,322 --> 00:25:25,289
Ain't never enough
        dancers for that.

266
00:25:25,291 --> 00:25:26,690
You gotta call 'em all.

267
00:25:26,692 --> 00:25:28,926
Can't you call, call 'em
          from inside?

268
00:25:31,063 --> 00:25:33,097
So you're just gonna
       keep playing, huh?

269
00:25:36,369 --> 00:25:38,202
You know what's
       between them stars?

270
00:25:38,204 --> 00:25:39,870
Don't start with
        that shit, Buddy.

271
00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:40,905
Space.

272
00:25:40,907 --> 00:25:42,206
Please, man. Shit.

273
00:25:42,208 --> 00:25:43,841
Ain't nothin' but time.

274
00:25:46,946 --> 00:25:48,212
Yeah.

275
00:26:13,439 --> 00:26:14,772
[KNOCKING ON WINDOW]

276
00:26:21,013 --> 00:26:22,212
Nora.

277
00:26:24,984 --> 00:26:26,250
Shh.

278
00:26:28,654 --> 00:26:31,388
-Nora.
              -Shh.

279
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:34,258
[WHISPERING]
    What are you doing here?

280
00:26:34,260 --> 00:26:37,061
-[GASPS]
      -Nora, why you don't
        come see me play?

281
00:26:38,631 --> 00:26:41,298
A lady don't go
   where the Bolden band play.

282
00:26:43,369 --> 00:26:45,636
Oh.

283
00:26:45,638 --> 00:26:48,906
Mama said you grow up
    too wild for a good girl.

284
00:26:48,908 --> 00:26:51,108
All that rockin'
           in church,

285
00:26:51,110 --> 00:26:52,810
she don't like that, no.

286
00:27:00,686 --> 00:27:02,920
Mama don't like
       your music neither.

287
00:27:06,392 --> 00:27:08,425
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

288
00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:10,127
BOLDEN:
        Hey, whoa, whoa!

289
00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,863
Y'all ain't
        playin' it right.

290
00:27:15,768 --> 00:27:17,501
Put your horns down.
          Put 'em down,
          put 'em down.

291
00:27:17,503 --> 00:27:19,837
We, we, we,
    we're gonna clap it out.

292
00:27:19,838 --> 00:27:22,172
Tillman, give me that, uh,
       give me that beat
     you were working with.
        Hit it on four.

293
00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:23,874
-This one?
         -[PLAYS DRUMS]

294
00:27:24,677 --> 00:27:26,377
Yeah, yeah,
        that's it. Four.

295
00:27:26,379 --> 00:27:27,678
Now, Johnson.

296
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,414
Ba, ba, ba-ra, ba-ra.

297
00:27:30,416 --> 00:27:32,716
Ba, ba, ba-ra, ba-ra.

298
00:27:34,553 --> 00:27:36,854
See how that feels?
     Yeah, yeah, that's it.

299
00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:38,555
Now, Mumford,
          give me time.

300
00:27:38,557 --> 00:27:40,624
[SCATTING TO BEAT]

301
00:27:40,626 --> 00:27:42,426
[PLAYING GUITAR]

302
00:27:43,596 --> 00:27:45,929
Oh, yeah.
     Cornish, come on down.

303
00:27:45,931 --> 00:27:47,998
-Hit two and four.
       -[CLAPPING TO BEAT]

304
00:27:49,635 --> 00:27:51,168
Come on, Cornish.

305
00:27:51,170 --> 00:27:52,469
-[CLAPPING]
             -Da. Da.

306
00:27:52,471 --> 00:27:53,404
Let's go.

307
00:27:54,540 --> 00:27:56,306
Yeah.
       Yeah, that's right.

308
00:27:58,077 --> 00:27:59,009
Yeah.

309
00:27:59,011 --> 00:28:00,077
<i> Now, Warner.</i>

310
00:28:01,147 --> 00:28:03,447
Pay attention. Look.
   You're gonna hit the four.

311
00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:05,949
[CLAPPING TO BEAT]

312
00:28:07,420 --> 00:28:08,752
Come on, Warner.

313
00:28:11,457 --> 00:28:13,023
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

314
00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:16,060
Oh, yeah.

315
00:28:19,231 --> 00:28:20,731
[CLAPPING TO BEAT]

316
00:28:26,806 --> 00:28:28,238
Listen, listen.

317
00:28:32,478 --> 00:28:33,877
That's it.

318
00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:37,281
Oh!

319
00:28:37,283 --> 00:28:38,849
[CLAPPING TO BEAT]

320
00:28:45,624 --> 00:28:47,324
Yeah, ha.

321
00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:54,031
[ARMSTRONG SCATTING]

322
00:28:55,868 --> 00:28:58,068
This music about
     talking to each other.

323
00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,903
Yeah. Come on.

324
00:29:00,573 --> 00:29:02,539
Now y'all havin'
         a conversation.

325
00:29:02,541 --> 00:29:03,841
[CORNET BLOWS]

326
00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:05,776
-Who said that?
         -[CORNET BLOWS]

327
00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:06,944
Why would you now...

328
00:29:06,946 --> 00:29:07,911
Yeah!

329
00:29:13,419 --> 00:29:14,351
Come on.

330
00:29:28,701 --> 00:29:30,234
[MUSIC FADES]

331
00:29:31,837 --> 00:29:33,237
[MUSIC RESUMES]

332
00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:35,239
[CHEERING]

333
00:29:38,544 --> 00:29:39,476
I love you!

334
00:29:54,527 --> 00:29:56,160
[LAUGHING]

335
00:29:58,731 --> 00:30:00,063
Mama.

336
00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:04,301
Nora gonna
        move in with us.

337
00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:16,346
NORA:<i> Mmm.</i>

338
00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:17,446
-Yeah. That's it.
           -[GIGGLING]

339
00:30:17,449 --> 00:30:19,283
Ease into it
           like that.

340
00:30:19,718 --> 00:30:21,118
And you gotta, um...

341
00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,387
Get your...
     Get your wrists loose.

342
00:30:23,389 --> 00:30:24,872
See that.

343
00:30:24,873 --> 00:30:26,356
[BLOWS RASPBERRY]
         Blow your lips.
            Like that.

344
00:30:26,358 --> 00:30:27,858
-You blow...
           -[GIGGLES]

345
00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:30,260
-[BLOWS RASPBERRY]
         -Yeah, like...

346
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:31,895
[LAUGHING]

347
00:30:34,633 --> 00:30:37,467
IDA:<i> I ain't raise my daughter</i>
     <i> for the likes of you.</i>

348
00:30:37,469 --> 00:30:40,537
How you fixin'
        to make a livin'
       playing your horn?

349
00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:43,373
Why can't you
         get a real job?

350
00:30:46,579 --> 00:30:48,645
[WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING]

351
00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:50,914
[INDISTINCT CHATTER
          AND LAUGHTER]

352
00:31:30,155 --> 00:31:31,788
[MUSIC ENDS]

353
00:31:31,790 --> 00:31:33,390
[CHATTER CONTINUES]

354
00:31:41,467 --> 00:31:42,900
[PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC]

355
00:31:42,902 --> 00:31:44,501
[CROWD SHOUTING]

356
00:31:52,578 --> 00:31:54,077
You dressing for church?

357
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:58,615
<i> I don't wanna hear</i>
      <i> nothing about that</i>
 <i> First Street Baptist Church.</i>

358
00:32:03,389 --> 00:32:04,688
We're Episcopal.

359
00:32:06,158 --> 00:32:07,925
[MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

360
00:32:11,130 --> 00:32:12,763
Yeah.

361
00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:14,397
ALICE:<i> I got a new collar</i>
        <i> for your shirt.</i>

362
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:17,434
BOLDEN:<i> Mama, I ain't wearing</i>
    <i> a collar. It's too tight</i>
        <i> around my neck.</i>

363
00:32:18,804 --> 00:32:20,404
Where you
         performing at?

364
00:32:20,773 --> 00:32:22,205
Union Sons Hall.

365
00:32:23,442 --> 00:32:25,809
They call it the Funky Butt
     when you're out playing.

366
00:32:25,811 --> 00:32:27,411
Yeah, Mama.
     But how you know that?

367
00:32:27,413 --> 00:32:28,445
I hear things.

368
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:29,980
[PLAYING JAZZ MUSIC]

369
00:32:29,982 --> 00:32:32,015
No, Mama, no.
            No, Mama.

370
00:32:33,619 --> 00:32:35,052
No, Mama, please.

371
00:32:36,322 --> 00:32:37,921
Mama, please, I can't
      breathe with that on.

372
00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:38,989
But you look good.

373
00:32:38,991 --> 00:32:40,657
Can't breathe in it.

374
00:32:44,830 --> 00:32:46,596
[MUSIC SLOWS]

375
00:32:54,707 --> 00:32:56,139
CROWD: Hey!

376
00:32:57,643 --> 00:32:59,109
Hey!

377
00:33:00,446 --> 00:33:01,478
Hey!

378
00:33:03,449 --> 00:33:04,648
Hey!

379
00:33:06,385 --> 00:33:07,651
Hey!

380
00:33:09,254 --> 00:33:10,354
Hey!

381
00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:17,461
[CROWD CHEERING]

382
00:33:50,562 --> 00:33:52,329
[CROWD CHEERING]

383
00:33:54,900 --> 00:33:56,366
WOMAN:<i> Bolden!</i>

384
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:57,300
WARNER: Buddy.

385
00:33:57,870 --> 00:34:00,003
Buddy!
       Where you at, man?

386
00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:01,805
[DOOR BANGS]

387
00:34:01,807 --> 00:34:04,107
There you are.
    I been lookin' all over.

388
00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:06,676
Evenin', Warner.
       This here is Mavis.

389
00:34:07,379 --> 00:34:09,279
Hey, Mavis.

390
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,180
Bolden, we got a big crowd
      waitin' on you, man.

391
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:12,716
We're busy now, honey.

392
00:34:12,718 --> 00:34:15,552
And George Baquet,
        waitin' out there
         with his horn.

393
00:34:16,455 --> 00:34:19,089
Blue-eyed tan man
            comin' to
        our neighborhood?

394
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:20,490
[DOOR SHUTS]

395
00:34:20,492 --> 00:34:22,426
BOLDEN: Warner, you worried
       about George Baquet?

396
00:34:22,428 --> 00:34:24,061
That motherfucker
       comin' for my job.

397
00:34:24,063 --> 00:34:25,629
WARNER: Ain't nobody
      comin' for your job.

398
00:34:25,631 --> 00:34:27,964
BOLDEN: Why you think
   the best paid clarinet man
         in New Orleans

399
00:34:27,966 --> 00:34:29,366
come to the pit
        to play with us?

400
00:34:29,368 --> 00:34:31,301
Jimmy Palao got the
    light-skin niggers, too.

401
00:34:31,303 --> 00:34:32,836
Nobody come
          for your job.

402
00:34:32,838 --> 00:34:35,205
He ain't so white
         like they talk.

403
00:34:35,207 --> 00:34:40,243
-[CELLO PLAYING]
        -WOMAN:<i> ¶ Make me</i>
    <i> a pallet on your floor</i>

404
00:34:43,315 --> 00:34:47,851
<i> ¶ Make me a pallet</i>
         <i> on your floor</i>

405
00:34:47,853 --> 00:34:49,453
What she doin' here?

406
00:34:50,756 --> 00:34:54,324
<i> ¶ If you make me a pallet</i>

407
00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:58,328
<i> ¶ I swear your woman</i>
        <i> will never know</i>

408
00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:04,634
<i> ¶ Make me a pallet</i>
         <i> on your floor</i>

409
00:35:28,393 --> 00:35:30,193
Play your heart out,
          Buddy Bolden.

410
00:35:31,063 --> 00:35:32,429
[INAUDIBLE]

411
00:35:37,169 --> 00:35:39,169
WOMAN:
        <i> ¶ Make it soft</i>

412
00:35:39,171 --> 00:35:42,806
<i> ¶ Make it easy</i>
         <i> make it flow</i>

413
00:35:45,577 --> 00:35:47,410
<i> ¶ Make it soft</i>

414
00:35:47,412 --> 00:35:51,648
<i> ¶ Make it easy</i>
         <i> make it slow</i>

415
00:35:54,052 --> 00:35:57,220
<i> ¶ When she comes in</i>

416
00:35:57,222 --> 00:36:01,057
<i> ¶ I swear she would</i>
           <i> never know</i>

417
00:36:01,059 --> 00:36:06,863
<i> ¶ That you make me a pallet</i>
     <i> down upon your floor ¶</i>

418
00:36:18,310 --> 00:36:20,210
NORA:<i> I'm pregnant.</i>

419
00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:22,846
[BABIES CRYING]

420
00:36:23,782 --> 00:36:25,215
A baby?

421
00:36:25,951 --> 00:36:27,651
You can't take care
           of yourself.

422
00:36:29,254 --> 00:36:31,688
Ain't you got one already?
          A little boy?

423
00:36:34,026 --> 00:36:36,092
[CORNET PLAYS ON RADIO]

424
00:36:36,094 --> 00:36:38,094
[CHEERING]

425
00:36:38,096 --> 00:36:40,764
ARMSTRONG:<i> Yeah!</i>

426
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,767
JUDGE PERRY:
       <i> Right and wrong.</i>

427
00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:48,238
Oh, it can be
          so confusing.

428
00:36:48,240 --> 00:36:50,106
Lord wrote a book
            about it.

429
00:36:50,108 --> 00:36:53,276
Civil societies are
          defined by it.

430
00:36:55,314 --> 00:36:58,181
You just don't know
         the difference.

431
00:36:58,183 --> 00:37:00,417
<i> Niggers don't know</i>
       <i> right from wrong.</i>

432
00:37:02,487 --> 00:37:04,721
<i> You are not</i>
        <i> in God's image.</i>

433
00:37:12,464 --> 00:37:14,497
NORA: We're gonna
       have a baby, Buddy.

434
00:37:18,637 --> 00:37:19,703
Come on.

435
00:37:20,706 --> 00:37:22,772
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

436
00:38:02,447 --> 00:38:04,281
BARTLEY:<i> King Bolden.</i>

437
00:38:04,283 --> 00:38:06,750
I want you to meet
         George Baquet.

438
00:38:14,693 --> 00:38:15,759
Hey, George.

439
00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:23,033
You come to copy me?

440
00:38:23,035 --> 00:38:24,367
BARTLEY:
      Don't worry, Warner.

441
00:38:24,369 --> 00:38:26,736
He just want to do
       a couple of rounds
          with Bolden.

442
00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:36,046
[CHEERING]

443
00:38:36,848 --> 00:38:38,782
[PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC]

444
00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:40,650
[CROWD CHEERING]

445
00:38:46,158 --> 00:38:47,924
[PLAYING CORNET SOLO]

446
00:39:22,928 --> 00:39:24,861
[CHEERING]

447
00:39:39,878 --> 00:39:41,578
[TEMPO INCREASES]

448
00:39:50,756 --> 00:39:51,721
Yeah!

449
00:40:14,179 --> 00:40:15,779
[ALL CHEERING]

450
00:40:19,017 --> 00:40:21,751
Ladies and gentlemen,
    this here George Baquet.

451
00:40:36,201 --> 00:40:37,834
[SOUNDS FADING]

452
00:40:44,309 --> 00:40:45,775
[CLATTERING]

453
00:40:48,180 --> 00:40:50,180
YOUNG BOLDEN:
      <i> Here, here, let me</i>
       <i> show you how to.</i>

454
00:40:50,816 --> 00:40:52,449
[CLARINET PLAYING]

455
00:40:55,086 --> 00:40:56,453
Warner, come and get me!

456
00:40:57,489 --> 00:40:59,589
Come on, Warner,
        come and get me.

457
00:41:00,659 --> 00:41:01,658
Come on.

458
00:41:07,299 --> 00:41:09,132
[CLARINET CONTINUES PLAYING]

459
00:41:26,151 --> 00:41:28,117
[WATER DRIPPING]

460
00:41:30,522 --> 00:41:33,122
It's all right.
         It's all right.

461
00:41:34,092 --> 00:41:35,558
You'll get this.

462
00:41:37,562 --> 00:41:39,596
GEORGE:<i> Bolden, do you</i>
    <i> write your music down?</i>

463
00:41:40,332 --> 00:41:42,765
Can you
         write it down?

464
00:41:42,767 --> 00:41:44,300
We're composing
        on the bandstand,
            you know?

465
00:41:44,302 --> 00:41:47,637
So, it's...
         It's like we're
     talking to each other.

466
00:41:47,639 --> 00:41:48,972
We're havin'
         a conversation.

467
00:41:48,974 --> 00:41:51,674
I let the notes
         play on through,
        that's what I do.

468
00:41:52,444 --> 00:41:54,010
Just got to listen.

469
00:41:54,012 --> 00:41:56,646
I never play
        without the music
      right in front of me.

470
00:41:57,182 --> 00:41:58,615
[EXHALES]

471
00:41:58,617 --> 00:42:00,717
You play it the same,
     same, same, same, same.

472
00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:02,852
I don't do none of that.
        I play it my way.

473
00:42:02,854 --> 00:42:04,738
Every time.

474
00:42:04,739 --> 00:42:06,623
And that string may,
 it may never come out the same

475
00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:07,891
so how you gonna
         write it down?

476
00:42:07,893 --> 00:42:09,359
How you gonna
       write it down, huh?

477
00:42:09,361 --> 00:42:10,960
Bolden if you don't
     write your music down,

478
00:42:10,962 --> 00:42:12,896
how's anyone gonna
    play it when you're gone?

479
00:42:12,898 --> 00:42:15,832
You don't understand.
            It's a...
       It's a livin' thing.

480
00:42:15,834 --> 00:42:17,901
It's, it's, it's...
   It's me and the whole band.

481
00:42:17,903 --> 00:42:20,136
We, we, we just
       breathing together.

482
00:42:21,773 --> 00:42:23,806
So you don't even know
     what you're gonna play.

483
00:42:24,376 --> 00:42:26,142
You know,
         sometimes I...

484
00:42:26,144 --> 00:42:28,578
[WATER DRIPPING]

485
00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:31,080
I think it's better
  not to play anything at all.

486
00:42:36,555 --> 00:42:39,756
Bolden, try playing
           around this.

487
00:42:49,267 --> 00:42:51,167
[CLARINET PLAYING]

488
00:43:25,904 --> 00:43:27,904
[DUET CONTINUES]

489
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:50,760
[WATER DRIPPING]

490
00:43:53,465 --> 00:43:55,732
[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

491
00:43:56,134 --> 00:43:58,701
[CORNET PLAYING]

492
00:44:24,129 --> 00:44:26,329
You think Warner
     holding back the band?

493
00:44:27,298 --> 00:44:28,931
He been working hard.

494
00:44:29,968 --> 00:44:31,968
But I'm with you
      whatever you decide.

495
00:44:34,572 --> 00:44:36,406
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]

496
00:44:55,593 --> 00:44:58,294
[MEN SINGING
      <i> RIDE ON KING JESUS]</i>

497
00:44:59,364 --> 00:45:00,496
<i> ¶ Ride on</i>

498
00:45:00,498 --> 00:45:03,032
<i> ¶ No man can hinder thee</i>

499
00:45:03,034 --> 00:45:06,703
<i> -¶ Ride on</i>
     <i> -¶ Ride on King Jesus</i>

500
00:45:06,705 --> 00:45:08,271
<i> ¶ Ride on</i>

501
00:45:08,273 --> 00:45:11,207
<i> ¶ No man can hinder thee</i>

502
00:45:11,209 --> 00:45:12,642
<i> ¶ Ride on</i>

503
00:45:12,644 --> 00:45:15,611
<i> -¶ Ride on</i>
      -<i> ¶ Ride on King Jesus</i>

504
00:45:15,613 --> 00:45:17,346
<i> ¶ Ride on</i>

505
00:45:17,348 --> 00:45:18,815
<i> ¶ No man can... ¶</i>

506
00:45:18,817 --> 00:45:20,917
[BOAT HORN BLOWS]

507
00:45:20,919 --> 00:45:22,985
You know what
       this country needs?

508
00:45:23,521 --> 00:45:24,854
What's that?

509
00:45:24,856 --> 00:45:27,090
A negro
       heavyweight champ.

510
00:45:27,826 --> 00:45:29,492
Jack Johnson
         the champ, man.

511
00:45:29,494 --> 00:45:31,127
He the color champ.

512
00:45:31,129 --> 00:45:33,062
White champ
      won't even fight him.

513
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:34,731
No.

514
00:45:34,733 --> 00:45:37,600
White champ ain't gonna
    fight your ministry boys

515
00:45:37,602 --> 00:45:39,001
and you wanna know why?

516
00:45:39,003 --> 00:45:40,036
Why?

517
00:45:40,038 --> 00:45:42,038
'Cause they don't
         find us serious.

518
00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,440
[CHUCKLES]

519
00:45:44,442 --> 00:45:48,010
Gettin' in a ring
       with Jack Johnson's
     pretty goddamn serious.

520
00:45:52,250 --> 00:45:53,449
White folks...

521
00:45:54,853 --> 00:45:56,919
they're gonna have to
       reckon with talent.

522
00:45:59,390 --> 00:46:01,491
Bolden, you know about

523
00:46:02,193 --> 00:46:03,960
cylinder recording?

524
00:46:05,830 --> 00:46:08,698
-Cylinder recording?
            -Mmm-hmm.

525
00:46:08,700 --> 00:46:10,600
Put your music
          in a machine.

526
00:46:10,602 --> 00:46:12,368
[BOAT HORN BLOWS]

527
00:46:22,213 --> 00:46:24,647
BOLDEN:<i> Bartley know a man</i>
    <i> put music in a tin can.</i>

528
00:46:24,649 --> 00:46:26,349
NORA:<i> Music in</i>
          <i> a tin can?</i>

529
00:46:26,351 --> 00:46:27,617
<i> Yeah.</i>

530
00:46:27,619 --> 00:46:28,818
Well, how do it work?

531
00:46:28,820 --> 00:46:30,486
You sound music
          into a machine

532
00:46:30,488 --> 00:46:32,355
and the machine
       put out a tin can.

533
00:46:32,357 --> 00:46:35,424
They'll put tin can
      back into the machine,
    and that music come out.

534
00:46:37,362 --> 00:46:38,928
B...

535
00:46:38,930 --> 00:46:40,763
Music in a tin can?

536
00:46:40,765 --> 00:46:42,765
What it sound like?

537
00:46:42,767 --> 00:46:44,700
I don't know.
        I never heard it.

538
00:46:44,702 --> 00:46:46,469
But Bartley say
      it sound like money.

539
00:46:47,572 --> 00:46:49,438
Sounds like magic.

540
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:51,174
[LAUGHS] Yeah.

541
00:46:51,176 --> 00:46:54,911
Folks will hear my music,
        but I'm invisible.

542
00:46:54,913 --> 00:46:56,312
I don't know, Nora.

543
00:46:56,314 --> 00:46:58,848
People hearing you play
       and you ain't there?

544
00:46:58,850 --> 00:47:00,383
[WATER DRIPPING]

545
00:47:01,085 --> 00:47:02,285
Yeah.

546
00:47:10,562 --> 00:47:12,061
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

547
00:47:13,364 --> 00:47:15,198
[INMATES WAILING]

548
00:47:25,176 --> 00:47:27,243
[SHOUTING]

549
00:47:46,931 --> 00:47:48,865
[ALL SHOUTING]

550
00:47:57,575 --> 00:47:59,008
MAN:<i> This is a shit hole!</i>

551
00:47:59,944 --> 00:48:02,678
Gotta get a better place!

552
00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:05,014
And I want
    bigger niggers next time.

553
00:48:07,952 --> 00:48:10,186
[FOOTSTEPS ECHOING]

554
00:48:35,813 --> 00:48:37,480
[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

555
00:48:48,393 --> 00:48:49,692
This cost a dime.

556
00:48:50,929 --> 00:48:53,629
<i> Sell 50 vials,</i>
      <i> you make a dollar.</i>

557
00:48:55,867 --> 00:49:00,136
<i> Sell 100 vials,</i>
         <i> you get $2.10.</i>

558
00:49:01,606 --> 00:49:03,239
<i> As business gets better,</i>

559
00:49:04,676 --> 00:49:06,042
y'all do better.

560
00:49:07,812 --> 00:49:09,578
<i> There's money</i>
      <i> in recording music.</i>

561
00:49:11,582 --> 00:49:13,983
You gonna put your music
      in Bartley's machine?

562
00:49:16,454 --> 00:49:18,688
<i> If there's a machine</i>
       <i> play your music,</i>

563
00:49:18,690 --> 00:49:20,156
more folks gonna hear.

564
00:49:20,758 --> 00:49:22,792
White folks, too.

565
00:49:22,794 --> 00:49:24,627
<i> They the ones</i>
    <i> can afford the machine.</i>

566
00:49:25,396 --> 00:49:26,562
[INAUDIBLE]

567
00:49:39,644 --> 00:49:41,010
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

568
00:49:50,355 --> 00:49:52,154
[WATER DRIPPING]

569
00:50:00,498 --> 00:50:01,564
[INAUDIBLE]

570
00:50:06,404 --> 00:50:09,105
JUDGE PERRY:
    <i> Desire and desperation</i>

571
00:50:09,107 --> 00:50:12,208
<i> are dangerous</i>
     <i> motivations, Bolden.</i>

572
00:50:13,011 --> 00:50:14,243
[WOMAN WAILS]

573
00:50:16,581 --> 00:50:18,180
<i> Humility recedes</i>

574
00:50:18,182 --> 00:50:21,217
<i> and loyalty vanishes.</i>

575
00:50:22,053 --> 00:50:24,453
One thing stays the same.

576
00:50:24,455 --> 00:50:26,522
There's always someone
      who can do it better.

577
00:50:26,524 --> 00:50:28,190
[CROWD CHEERING]

578
00:50:35,967 --> 00:50:38,601
[PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC]

579
00:50:38,603 --> 00:50:39,668
[CROWD CLAPPING IN RHYTHM]

580
00:50:57,722 --> 00:50:59,355
[ALL CHEERING]

581
00:51:01,893 --> 00:51:03,492
MAN: Teach him
        a lesson, Buddy.

582
00:51:04,062 --> 00:51:05,494
[CHEERING]

583
00:51:08,266 --> 00:51:09,532
BOLDEN:<i> Yeah, all right.</i>
          <i> Thank you.</i>

584
00:51:11,969 --> 00:51:13,369
[PLAYS HOLLOW NOTE]

585
00:51:15,673 --> 00:51:17,807
[WATER DRIPPING]

586
00:51:17,809 --> 00:51:19,842
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

587
00:51:26,717 --> 00:51:29,952
[SOFTLY] Warner, I can't find
      the valves to my horn.

588
00:51:29,954 --> 00:51:31,587
You have the valves
        right here. Look.

589
00:51:31,589 --> 00:51:32,655
You're fine.

590
00:51:32,657 --> 00:51:33,756
I'm not fine, Warner.

591
00:51:57,982 --> 00:51:59,548
[CROWD SHOUTING]

592
00:52:09,494 --> 00:52:10,226
Buddy.

593
00:52:10,228 --> 00:52:11,794
[CROWD CHATTERING]

594
00:52:12,230 --> 00:52:13,529
Play somethin'.

595
00:52:15,233 --> 00:52:18,134
He's gonna let some
        other motherfucker
             right in

596
00:52:18,136 --> 00:52:19,301
and steal our shit off?

597
00:52:19,303 --> 00:52:21,303
Who gonna catch us, Buddy?

598
00:52:21,304 --> 00:52:23,304
BOLDEN: Cornish<i> , Cornish,</i>
    <i> Cornish. You're supposed</i>
       <i> to be on my side.</i>

599
00:52:23,307 --> 00:52:26,308
Can't nobody do
        what we do, baby.

600
00:52:26,310 --> 00:52:29,778
You gotta put your music
     in that man's machine,
          motherfucker.

601
00:52:31,516 --> 00:52:32,448
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

602
00:52:32,450 --> 00:52:33,449
[BELL CHIMING]

603
00:52:34,018 --> 00:52:36,385
King Bolden.
           You ready?

604
00:52:37,121 --> 00:52:39,255
Are you ready, Warner?

605
00:52:39,257 --> 00:52:41,223
Ain't I lookin' ready?

606
00:52:41,225 --> 00:52:42,858
We gonna play
   at Butcher Hollow tonight.

607
00:52:42,860 --> 00:52:43,792
No.

608
00:52:45,029 --> 00:52:46,529
It hurts my ears, man.

609
00:52:46,531 --> 00:52:48,797
The sound comin' off
     of that wall, it's, uh,

610
00:52:48,799 --> 00:52:50,299
messin' with my time,
              so...

611
00:52:50,301 --> 00:52:52,067
We go now,
     we'll be right on time.

612
00:52:52,069 --> 00:52:53,869
Right on the down beat.

613
00:52:53,871 --> 00:52:56,872
Warner, listen to me.
   My lip ain't balmed, so...

614
00:52:58,142 --> 00:53:01,143
So get on down there.
   I'll meet y'all over there.

615
00:53:01,145 --> 00:53:02,711
Come on, man,
      we gotta go to work.

616
00:53:02,713 --> 00:53:04,680
"Go to work"?
   Warner, you goin' to work.

617
00:53:07,752 --> 00:53:08,984
You all right, Buddy?

618
00:53:08,986 --> 00:53:10,186
Goddamn!
        Warner, get out!

619
00:53:10,188 --> 00:53:11,120
<i> Warner get out!</i>

620
00:53:11,122 --> 00:53:12,888
Get on out.

621
00:53:12,890 --> 00:53:14,423
And I'll be right over.

622
00:53:15,059 --> 00:53:16,392
Okay?

623
00:53:21,566 --> 00:53:23,699
Well, I guess
          I'll see you
       over there, Buddy.

624
00:53:30,841 --> 00:53:31,974
[DOOR SHUTS]

625
00:53:36,347 --> 00:53:39,815
You were supposed
     to be playing my place
           last night.

626
00:53:40,518 --> 00:53:42,318
[GRUNTS]

627
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:46,288
I heard you was
    playing down the street.
              Hmm?

628
00:53:46,290 --> 00:53:48,791
You fuck up
        my Thursday night
            business.

629
00:53:48,793 --> 00:53:50,459
Somebody be
        playing like me.

630
00:53:50,461 --> 00:53:53,162
Somebody be
        playing like me.

631
00:53:53,164 --> 00:53:56,465
You gonna give us
    the next three Thursdays

632
00:53:56,834 --> 00:53:58,634
for nothin'. Hmm?

633
00:53:59,971 --> 00:54:00,970
Gotta pay the band.

634
00:54:01,405 --> 00:54:02,338
[GRUNTS]

635
00:54:03,674 --> 00:54:06,141
BARTLEY:<i> You out your</i>
      <i> motherfuckin' mind.</i>

636
00:54:06,143 --> 00:54:08,277
You mess with
      that man's business,

637
00:54:08,279 --> 00:54:11,280
that means you messing
        with my business.

638
00:54:12,883 --> 00:54:14,283
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

639
00:54:14,285 --> 00:54:15,818
[INAUDIBLE]

640
00:54:19,657 --> 00:54:20,856
[WATER DRIPPING]

641
00:54:20,858 --> 00:54:22,858
WOMAN:<i> Hey, Bartley,</i>

642
00:54:22,859 --> 00:54:24,859
<i> what you gonna do</i>
     <i> when you get Buddy's</i>
      <i> music in a tin can?</i>

643
00:54:24,862 --> 00:54:26,328
BARTLEY:<i> I'm gonna sell it.</i>

644
00:54:26,330 --> 00:54:28,597
<i> Who's gonna want</i>
      <i> to hear his music?</i>

645
00:54:28,599 --> 00:54:32,334
And I got exclusive
        arrangements with
      a white man by then.

646
00:54:34,472 --> 00:54:37,273
[INHALES AND EXHALES]

647
00:54:37,275 --> 00:54:39,642
Baby, you're gonna be
        a family man now.

648
00:54:39,644 --> 00:54:42,544
You gonna have a child
         to provide for.

649
00:54:42,546 --> 00:54:46,015
You wanna play your horn
  instead of plastering walls,
           all right.

650
00:54:46,017 --> 00:54:48,350
But you gotta
           make it pay.

651
00:55:05,036 --> 00:55:06,535
<i> Bartley...</i>

652
00:55:06,537 --> 00:55:10,506
<i> he need to put</i>
  <i> his music in that machine.</i>

653
00:55:10,508 --> 00:55:12,274
BARTLEY:<i> Don't worry, baby.</i>

654
00:55:12,276 --> 00:55:13,676
<i> We gonna get him.</i>

655
00:55:14,612 --> 00:55:18,047
<i> Sooner or later,</i>
    <i> we gonna get his music.</i>

656
00:55:18,049 --> 00:55:19,815
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

657
00:55:20,985 --> 00:55:22,318
[CORNET PLAYS]

658
00:55:22,853 --> 00:55:24,520
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

659
00:55:30,194 --> 00:55:32,261
MAN: [OVER RADIO]
       <i> You're listening</i>
     <i> to Louis Armstrong...</i>

660
00:55:32,263 --> 00:55:33,629
BOLDEN: [SHOUTS] Nora!

661
00:55:35,266 --> 00:55:37,866
NORA:<i> I need to get married</i>
         <i> to you, Buddy.</i>

662
00:55:40,304 --> 00:55:41,970
<i> When you coming home?</i>

663
00:55:45,443 --> 00:55:47,609
[THUNDER RUMBLES]

664
00:55:56,987 --> 00:55:58,620
[MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING]

665
00:56:04,295 --> 00:56:06,362
[PLAYING<i> BLACK AND BLUE]</i>

666
00:56:13,537 --> 00:56:15,070
[PLAYING CORNET SOLO]

667
00:56:23,147 --> 00:56:24,446
Hey, baby.

668
00:56:51,208 --> 00:56:53,242
<i> ¶ Cold empty bed</i>

669
00:56:53,244 --> 00:56:55,544
<i> ¶ Springs hard as lead</i>

670
00:56:55,546 --> 00:56:57,880
<i> ¶ Feel like Old Ned</i>

671
00:56:57,882 --> 00:56:59,515
<i> ¶ Wished I was dead</i>

672
00:56:59,517 --> 00:57:02,151
<i> ¶ All my life through</i>

673
00:57:02,153 --> 00:57:06,588
<i> ¶ I've been so black and blue</i>

674
00:57:07,124 --> 00:57:08,457
<i> ¶ Hmm, hmm</i>

675
00:57:08,459 --> 00:57:09,992
<i> -¶ Even the mouse</i>
       -[THUNDER RUMBLING]

676
00:57:10,895 --> 00:57:13,695
<i> ¶ Ran from my house</i>

677
00:57:13,697 --> 00:57:17,065
<i> ¶ They laughed at you</i>
      <i> and scorned you too</i>

678
00:57:17,067 --> 00:57:19,334
<i> ¶ What did I do, babe</i>

679
00:57:19,336 --> 00:57:23,172
<i> ¶ To be so black and blue?</i>

680
00:57:25,176 --> 00:57:28,277
<i> ¶ Mmm, I'm white</i>

681
00:57:28,279 --> 00:57:30,412
¶ Inside

682
00:57:30,414 --> 00:57:34,049
<i> ¶ But that don't help my case</i>

683
00:57:34,819 --> 00:57:36,819
<i> ¶ 'Cause it</i>

684
00:57:36,821 --> 00:57:39,354
<i> ¶ Can't hide</i>

685
00:57:39,356 --> 00:57:42,491
<i> ¶ What is in my face</i>

686
00:57:42,493 --> 00:57:45,994
[ARMSTRONG SCATTING]

687
00:57:47,598 --> 00:57:49,665
<i> ¶ How would it end?</i>

688
00:57:49,667 --> 00:57:52,067
<i> ¶ Ain't got a friend</i>

689
00:57:52,069 --> 00:57:55,671
<i> ¶ My only sin is in my skin</i>

690
00:57:55,673 --> 00:57:57,272
<i> ¶ What did I do, babe</i>

691
00:57:57,274 --> 00:57:58,207
Bartley!

692
00:57:58,209 --> 00:58:01,910
<i> ¶ To be so black and blue?</i>

693
00:58:02,847 --> 00:58:04,213
Bartley!

694
00:58:04,215 --> 00:58:05,981
[PLAYING CORNET SOLO]

695
00:58:12,289 --> 00:58:13,689
[MUSIC ENDS]

696
00:58:15,693 --> 00:58:16,859
Buddy!

697
00:58:16,861 --> 00:58:18,560
Buddy! Buddy!

698
00:58:18,996 --> 00:58:20,629
[BUDDY GAGS]

699
00:58:32,776 --> 00:58:34,042
Come on.

700
00:58:40,918 --> 00:58:43,218
That's what
         a motherfuckin'
           manager do.

701
00:58:46,891 --> 00:58:48,023
[THUNDER RUMBLES]

702
00:58:48,025 --> 00:58:49,291
[BUDDY BREATHING HOARSELY]

703
00:59:01,572 --> 00:59:03,071
[THUNDER RUMBLES]

704
00:59:05,709 --> 00:59:06,775
Aah!

705
00:59:06,777 --> 00:59:09,411
Stupid motherfuckin'
             whore.

706
00:59:09,413 --> 00:59:11,079
[BUDDY GROANING]

707
00:59:14,018 --> 00:59:15,284
Clean him up.

708
00:59:16,086 --> 00:59:18,253
[THUNDER RUMBLES]

709
00:59:19,156 --> 00:59:20,556
[RAIN PATTERING]

710
00:59:21,292 --> 00:59:25,160
[THUNDER RUMBLING]

711
00:59:58,095 --> 00:59:59,828
Ain't you somethin',

712
01:00:01,198 --> 01:00:02,831
King Bolden.

713
01:00:06,270 --> 01:00:08,070
You ain't come home
              to me.

714
01:00:12,376 --> 01:00:13,942
Don't do that to me.

715
01:00:20,284 --> 01:00:22,017
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

716
01:00:24,388 --> 01:00:26,021
[WATER DRIPPING]

717
01:00:27,958 --> 01:00:29,391
[CORNET PLAYING]

718
01:00:36,133 --> 01:00:39,067
[MAN SHOUTING]

719
01:00:46,543 --> 01:00:48,744
JOHNSON:<i> Ain't nobody playin'</i>
        <i> what we playin'.</i>

720
01:00:48,746 --> 01:00:50,879
<i> Ain't nobody playin'</i>
      <i> what Buddy playin'.</i>

721
01:00:51,615 --> 01:00:54,016
<i> Nobody's splitting up.</i>

722
01:00:54,018 --> 01:00:56,985
-And it just have
         a certain life.
        -[ALL CHATTERING]

723
01:01:03,794 --> 01:01:05,427
Buddy showed up
        like black Jesus.

724
01:01:05,429 --> 01:01:07,062
[LAUGHTER]

725
01:01:08,065 --> 01:01:10,165
<i> So I guess that make us</i>
         <i> his disciples.</i>

726
01:01:10,167 --> 01:01:11,166
[KNOCK ON DOOR]

727
01:01:12,803 --> 01:01:15,070
I'm looking for
         a Buddy Bolden.

728
01:01:15,539 --> 01:01:17,272
Well, shit, get in line.

729
01:01:17,274 --> 01:01:18,106
You the police?

730
01:01:18,108 --> 01:01:22,344
Uh, no, no.
      Uh, Bartley sent me.

731
01:01:22,346 --> 01:01:24,179
You don't play
        clarinet, do you?

732
01:01:24,181 --> 01:01:26,081
[CHUCKLES]
               No.

733
01:01:26,083 --> 01:01:27,649
No, he said that

734
01:01:27,651 --> 01:01:30,752
Bolden wanted to
        record his music.
          I can do this.

735
01:01:30,754 --> 01:01:32,587
It come out on
     a little tin can, huh?

736
01:01:32,589 --> 01:01:36,958
No. No, it comes out
       on a wax cylinder.

737
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:38,894
Ah. I got...

738
01:01:41,665 --> 01:01:45,100
-"Oscar Zahn"
       -Mmm-mmm. Uh, Zahn.

739
01:01:45,602 --> 01:01:47,302
"Cylinder recorders."

740
01:01:48,539 --> 01:01:50,305
Buddy want to record
           our music.

741
01:01:52,609 --> 01:01:54,142
Let me see that.

742
01:01:57,781 --> 01:01:59,614
Buddy's scared people are
      gonna steal our music.

743
01:01:59,616 --> 01:02:01,883
Now he wanna
      put it on a machine?

744
01:02:03,520 --> 01:02:05,020
<i> Make no sense to me.</i>

745
01:02:05,956 --> 01:02:09,124
[PLAYING CORNET AND CLARINET]

746
01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:18,100
[PLAYING OFF-KEY]

747
01:02:25,142 --> 01:02:28,110
WARNER:<i> Why you think</i>
  <i> the best paid clarinet man</i>
        <i> in New Orleans</i>

748
01:02:28,112 --> 01:02:30,112
<i> come to the pit</i>
       <i> to play with us?</i>

749
01:02:31,682 --> 01:02:33,448
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

750
01:02:33,450 --> 01:02:35,183
So, uh...
         [CLEARS THROAT]

751
01:02:38,889 --> 01:02:40,455
It's pretty good.
         [CLEARS THROAT]

752
01:02:41,458 --> 01:02:42,958
Mmm-hmm.

753
01:02:45,429 --> 01:02:46,928
[SIGHS]

754
01:02:49,967 --> 01:02:53,335
We need to talk about
     exclusive arrangements,
           you and me.

755
01:02:57,641 --> 01:02:59,474
[PLAYING SLOW MUSIC]

756
01:03:13,957 --> 01:03:16,191
<i> I'll put you</i>
 <i> in front of a white audience.</i>

757
01:03:17,161 --> 01:03:18,326
[MEN CHEERING]

758
01:03:25,803 --> 01:03:27,869
<i> You a sensation, Bolden.</i>

759
01:03:28,505 --> 01:03:30,472
<i> When people hear your music,</i>

760
01:03:30,474 --> 01:03:34,142
<i> they understand somethin'</i>
  <i> can hardly be put in words.</i>

761
01:03:35,479 --> 01:03:37,112
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

762
01:03:38,182 --> 01:03:39,414
[INAUDIBLE]

763
01:03:44,521 --> 01:03:46,188
[PEOPLE CHEERING]

764
01:04:08,779 --> 01:04:11,346
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

765
01:04:11,348 --> 01:04:16,184
<i> We need to talk about</i>
    <i> exclusive arrangements,</i>
          <i> you and me.</i>

766
01:04:25,629 --> 01:04:27,462
[INDISTINCT CHATTER
          IN BACKGROUND]

767
01:04:37,040 --> 01:04:38,640
[VALVES CLATTERING]

768
01:04:50,520 --> 01:04:52,220
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

769
01:04:56,360 --> 01:04:58,093
[INMATES WAILING]

770
01:05:00,964 --> 01:05:04,199
Playing with George Baquet,
          good business.

771
01:05:08,872 --> 01:05:10,572
[WATER DRIPPING]

772
01:05:12,042 --> 01:05:14,910
Now how you gonna
          make a livin'
       without these, huh?

773
01:05:17,147 --> 01:05:20,115
You got a wife and child
         to provide for.

774
01:05:21,318 --> 01:05:22,384
If it is your child.

775
01:05:34,631 --> 01:05:36,498
NORA: You gonna
         get out of bed?

776
01:05:36,500 --> 01:05:40,402
Willie Cornish come by,
       gave me the buttons
          for your horn.

777
01:05:41,605 --> 01:05:43,338
Why you takin' them out?

778
01:05:48,545 --> 01:05:50,145
ALICE:<i> I hear your daddy</i>
     <i> every time you play.</i>

779
01:05:50,147 --> 01:05:52,547
<i> I hear your daddy</i>
     <i> every time you play.</i>

780
01:05:58,288 --> 01:06:00,655
<i> Your daddy die young</i>
     <i> to give you strength.</i>

781
01:06:11,001 --> 01:06:13,368
[WATER DRIPPING]

782
01:06:18,342 --> 01:06:19,841
[DOOR OPENS]

783
01:06:19,843 --> 01:06:22,243
[CREAKS SHUT]

784
01:06:26,984 --> 01:06:29,084
[HEAVY BREATHING]

785
01:06:41,431 --> 01:06:43,498
[NORA GRUNTING]

786
01:06:43,967 --> 01:06:46,501
[SCREAMING]

787
01:06:49,006 --> 01:06:50,638
[GROANING]

788
01:06:52,676 --> 01:06:54,442
[GRUNTING]

789
01:06:54,444 --> 01:06:56,511
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

790
01:07:04,021 --> 01:07:05,286
[SCREAMING]

791
01:07:16,633 --> 01:07:19,334
[CROWD CHEERING]

792
01:07:19,336 --> 01:07:22,103
BOLDEN:<i> My daddy gave me</i>
    <i> the power of my lungs.</i>

793
01:07:22,105 --> 01:07:24,439
<i> That's how I play like I do.</i>

794
01:07:25,675 --> 01:07:26,608
[SCREAMING]

795
01:07:27,611 --> 01:07:29,210
[CROWD SHOUTING]

796
01:07:38,955 --> 01:07:41,322
[CROWD SHOUTING]

797
01:07:42,492 --> 01:07:43,425
[MAN COUGHING]

798
01:07:43,427 --> 01:07:44,492
[SCREAMING]

799
01:07:54,004 --> 01:07:56,271
[BABY WAILING]

800
01:07:58,208 --> 01:08:01,209
ALICE:<i> Your daddy</i>
 <i> was sacrificed for your gift.</i>

801
01:08:01,211 --> 01:08:03,244
<i> What gonna happen</i>
         <i> to your baby?</i>

802
01:08:03,246 --> 01:08:05,380
You gonna lose your gift.

803
01:08:07,584 --> 01:08:09,651
Where are you now?
              Huh?

804
01:08:12,856 --> 01:08:14,522
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

805
01:08:24,701 --> 01:08:26,134
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

806
01:08:28,572 --> 01:08:29,804
Brothers and sisters...

807
01:08:29,806 --> 01:08:31,406
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

808
01:08:37,214 --> 01:08:40,448
...I come to you today
  to talk about returning home.

809
01:08:40,450 --> 01:08:41,549
Back to Africa.

810
01:08:41,551 --> 01:08:42,817
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

811
01:08:46,156 --> 01:08:48,923
We will never
          be Americans.

812
01:08:48,925 --> 01:08:50,625
It's time to return home.

813
01:08:50,627 --> 01:08:51,893
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

814
01:08:51,895 --> 01:08:53,361
[CHEERING]

815
01:08:54,698 --> 01:08:57,499
-OFFICER: Now, let's go.
       -We have the right
     to a peaceful protest.

816
01:08:57,501 --> 01:08:59,334
[MUSIC CONTINUES]

817
01:09:10,514 --> 01:09:11,579
[GRUNTING]

818
01:09:30,867 --> 01:09:32,800
Get out! Get out! Go!

819
01:09:33,603 --> 01:09:34,903
[PLAYING BROKEN NOTES]

820
01:09:42,612 --> 01:09:43,845
[PLAYING HALTINGLY]

821
01:10:04,100 --> 01:10:06,401
You, come here!
         You don't move!

822
01:10:09,439 --> 01:10:11,239
-MAN: Hey. Hey.
   -Keep your hands off of me!

823
01:10:11,241 --> 01:10:12,240
[WOMEN SHRIEK]

824
01:10:12,242 --> 01:10:14,242
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

825
01:10:16,213 --> 01:10:18,179
[SHOUTING]

826
01:10:18,181 --> 01:10:20,348
MCMURPHY:
     This is all on Bartley.

827
01:10:20,350 --> 01:10:24,619
This here's your
      enterprising nigger's
           boy, Bolden.

828
01:10:24,621 --> 01:10:28,122
<i> Caused a riot</i>
    <i> outside that dance hall</i>
       <i> he was playin' at.</i>

829
01:10:28,124 --> 01:10:29,857
<i> He's serious trouble.</i>

830
01:10:31,261 --> 01:10:32,927
This is all on Bartley.

831
01:10:34,264 --> 01:10:36,097
[FOOTSTEPS ECHOING]

832
01:10:36,099 --> 01:10:37,699
JUDGE PERRY:
       <i> Shut Bolden down?</i>

833
01:10:37,701 --> 01:10:41,302
MCMURPHY:<i> Shut him down.</i>
  <i> Just stop that boy playing.</i>

834
01:10:41,304 --> 01:10:44,272
A bold nigger
          is dangerous.

835
01:10:44,274 --> 01:10:46,474
[BRASS BAND PLAYING]

836
01:10:59,322 --> 01:11:00,722
What you lookin' at?

837
01:11:14,638 --> 01:11:16,671
[CROWD WHISTLING]

838
01:11:20,810 --> 01:11:22,443
[BRASS BAND PLAYING]

839
01:11:33,857 --> 01:11:35,356
[CHEERING]

840
01:11:36,660 --> 01:11:38,593
[MUSIC FADING]

841
01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:45,466
[GROWLS]

842
01:11:48,138 --> 01:11:49,671
[PLAYING OFF TUNE]

843
01:11:59,049 --> 01:12:00,481
Come on.

844
01:12:00,483 --> 01:12:01,949
Get on out of here.

845
01:12:03,553 --> 01:12:05,720
Motherfucker!
         Get off of me!

846
01:12:05,722 --> 01:12:07,455
[BOLDEN SHOUTING]

847
01:12:09,359 --> 01:12:11,326
Cornish, where's Warner?

848
01:12:15,932 --> 01:12:18,132
BOLDEN:<i> You made</i>
     <i> all your crowd crazy,</i>
         <i> caused a riot.</i>

849
01:12:18,134 --> 01:12:20,101
You will stop playing
        your goddamn horn.

850
01:12:20,103 --> 01:12:22,937
That's what
     the motherfuckers want.
      That's what you'll do.

851
01:12:28,178 --> 01:12:29,877
[HISSING]

852
01:12:30,714 --> 01:12:32,513
[SCREAMING]

853
01:12:34,117 --> 01:12:35,850
What we gonna do here?

854
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:45,259
MAN:<i> What's wrong</i>
         <i> with the man?</i>

855
01:12:45,261 --> 01:12:46,894
CORNISH:<i> He gone</i>
        <i> lost his mind.</i>

856
01:12:47,464 --> 01:12:48,996
Look, he ain't no Bolden,

857
01:12:48,998 --> 01:12:51,999
but we can always
        get Bunk Johnson
      to play with us all.

858
01:12:52,001 --> 01:12:53,368
[BIRDS TWITTERING]

859
01:12:55,038 --> 01:12:56,537
NORA:
       Ain't you got work?

860
01:12:58,241 --> 01:12:59,807
You gonna
         get out of bed?

861
01:13:17,894 --> 01:13:19,560
[CORNET PLAYING FAINTLY]

862
01:13:42,051 --> 01:13:44,118
[WALTZ MUSIC PLAYING]

863
01:14:31,968 --> 01:14:33,835
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

864
01:14:37,307 --> 01:14:40,241
No. No, no. Leave me!

865
01:14:41,778 --> 01:14:43,044
[BOTH GRUNT]

866
01:14:52,088 --> 01:14:53,721
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

867
01:14:58,228 --> 01:14:59,694
[MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

868
01:15:26,956 --> 01:15:28,689
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

869
01:15:54,884 --> 01:15:56,651
[SHOUTING]

870
01:16:01,190 --> 01:16:02,757
[MUSIC FADES]

871
01:16:26,215 --> 01:16:27,982
[MUSIC CONTINUES PLAYING]

872
01:16:28,284 --> 01:16:29,951
[CHEERING]

873
01:16:32,655 --> 01:16:33,955
[CROWD EXCLAIMS]

874
01:16:51,641 --> 01:16:53,274
Horns up, motherfuckers.

875
01:17:11,127 --> 01:17:12,360
[WATER DRIPPING]

876
01:17:26,809 --> 01:17:28,275
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

877
01:17:32,382 --> 01:17:33,814
JUDGE PERRY:
          <i> Ambition...</i>

878
01:17:35,518 --> 01:17:37,284
<i> born of vanity.</i>

879
01:17:40,623 --> 01:17:43,157
<i> This is America, Bolden.</i>

880
01:17:43,159 --> 01:17:45,760
<i> How far you think</i>
       <i> you're gonna get?</i>

881
01:17:47,764 --> 01:17:49,864
Destroy the nigger's soul,

882
01:17:49,866 --> 01:17:53,234
and they will destroy
           each other.

883
01:17:55,405 --> 01:17:58,072
[CROWD CLAMORING]

884
01:18:16,626 --> 01:18:17,892
Turn around.

885
01:18:27,103 --> 01:18:28,936
Number 9 to win.

886
01:18:41,050 --> 01:18:42,717
Your valves
         are right here.

887
01:18:42,952 --> 01:18:44,218
You fine.

888
01:18:46,122 --> 01:18:48,956
[TRAIN HORN BLOWS]

889
01:18:52,228 --> 01:18:53,461
I'm leaving you, Buddy.

890
01:18:54,931 --> 01:18:57,465
Mr. Warner gonna
     take us up to Chicago.

891
01:18:59,535 --> 01:19:01,302
I'mma help them
        settle up there.

892
01:19:02,672 --> 01:19:04,805
Can see if I can
         get some work.

893
01:19:05,708 --> 01:19:07,608
Maybe in one of
         the stockyards.

894
01:19:07,610 --> 01:19:08,876
[CROWD CHEERING]

895
01:19:17,587 --> 01:19:19,520
[SLOW JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

896
01:19:23,226 --> 01:19:30,464
<i> ¶ Well, I though I heard</i>
       <i> Buddy Bolden call</i>

897
01:19:31,901 --> 01:19:38,072
<i> ¶ We started in the summer</i>
    <i> we didn't end till fall</i>

898
01:19:38,741 --> 01:19:41,275
<i> ¶ You walk in my room</i>

899
01:19:41,277 --> 01:19:45,946
<i> ¶ But when you leave,</i>
         <i> you will crawl</i>

900
01:19:45,948 --> 01:19:51,819
<i> ¶ Oh, that's what</i>
     <i> Mr. Bolden called...</i>

901
01:20:11,507 --> 01:20:13,340
[MUSIC FADING]

902
01:20:40,803 --> 01:20:43,871
[MUSIC PLAYING FAINTLY]

903
01:20:45,541 --> 01:20:47,308
[CHEERING]

904
01:20:48,411 --> 01:20:50,911
[MAN CONTINUES SINGING]

905
01:20:53,649 --> 01:20:55,382
BARTLEY: Are you ready?

906
01:20:55,852 --> 01:20:57,718
Are you ready?

907
01:20:57,720 --> 01:20:59,687
[CROWD CHEERING]

908
01:20:59,689 --> 01:21:02,656
JUDGE PERRY:
      <i> Destroy men's souls</i>

909
01:21:02,658 --> 01:21:05,726
<i> and they will</i>
      <i> destroy each other.</i>

910
01:21:05,728 --> 01:21:08,295
BARTLEY:<i> The best boxers</i>
         <i> in the world</i>

911
01:21:08,297 --> 01:21:09,830
in the ring of fire!

912
01:21:09,832 --> 01:21:11,332
[CHEERING]

913
01:21:13,236 --> 01:21:14,902
<i> ¶ Yeah</i>

914
01:21:15,504 --> 01:21:18,072
<i> ¶ And then take it away</i>

915
01:21:20,076 --> 01:21:23,611
<i> ¶ I thought I heard him say</i>

916
01:21:26,182 --> 01:21:29,483
No, Bolden.
         Step back, man.

917
01:21:29,485 --> 01:21:32,286
<i> ¶ ...Buddy Bolden repeat</i>

918
01:21:33,823 --> 01:21:39,927
<i> ¶ I can play it hot</i>
    <i> or I can play it sweet</i>

919
01:21:41,764 --> 01:21:43,898
-BOLDEN: I'm going...
      -You ain't going in!

920
01:21:43,900 --> 01:21:45,332
-Get out of here.
         -That's my song!

921
01:21:45,334 --> 01:21:47,401
[CONTINUES SHOUTING]

922
01:21:49,505 --> 01:21:53,974
<i> ¶ That's what I heard</i>
     <i> Buddy Bolden repeat ¶</i>

923
01:21:56,946 --> 01:21:58,679
[CONTINUE SHOUTING]

924
01:22:25,207 --> 01:22:26,307
[GRUNTS]

925
01:22:30,780 --> 01:22:32,980
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

926
01:22:32,982 --> 01:22:34,682
[LOOMS WHIRRING]

927
01:22:44,593 --> 01:22:45,726
[WHEEZES]

928
01:22:45,728 --> 01:22:47,328
[LOOMS WHIRRING]

929
01:23:07,416 --> 01:23:08,615
That one there.

930
01:23:09,485 --> 01:23:11,185
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING]

931
01:23:18,627 --> 01:23:20,594
[CROWD SHOUTING]

932
01:23:36,245 --> 01:23:37,211
[GRUNTS]

933
01:23:49,692 --> 01:23:51,025
[GASPING]

934
01:23:57,033 --> 01:23:58,499
[FAINT SHOUTING]

935
01:24:07,576 --> 01:24:09,576
[WHEEZING]

936
01:24:10,279 --> 01:24:11,478
[CHEERING]

937
01:24:11,480 --> 01:24:13,147
Get up! Get up!

938
01:24:13,149 --> 01:24:15,082
Get your black ass up!

939
01:24:15,084 --> 01:24:16,817
-Get up!
            -Bartley!

940
01:24:17,553 --> 01:24:18,952
You look at me, Bartley!

941
01:24:18,954 --> 01:24:21,355
You lost!
      You lost on our deal!

942
01:24:23,392 --> 01:24:24,725
Bartley!

943
01:25:04,366 --> 01:25:05,732
[CHUCKLES]

944
01:25:07,303 --> 01:25:09,703
You're gonna stop
           killing us.

945
01:25:11,440 --> 01:25:13,107
BARTLEY:
      <i> It ain't me, baby.</i>

946
01:25:14,110 --> 01:25:15,843
<i> It ain't me.</i>

947
01:25:22,518 --> 01:25:23,717
[PEN SCRATCHING]

948
01:25:41,237 --> 01:25:43,303
[BARTLEY GAGGING]

949
01:25:43,973 --> 01:25:44,905
[GASPS]

950
01:26:05,861 --> 01:26:07,694
You have no past.

951
01:26:08,931 --> 01:26:10,631
No history.

952
01:26:12,134 --> 01:26:13,600
No culture.

953
01:26:15,704 --> 01:26:18,038
You come from nothing.

954
01:26:18,040 --> 01:26:19,873
I come from
     the same place as you.

955
01:26:21,610 --> 01:26:23,644
There is nothing

956
01:26:23,646 --> 01:26:25,445
the same for you and me.

957
01:26:25,447 --> 01:26:27,781
And that ain't never
          gonna change.

958
01:26:30,186 --> 01:26:32,286
You come from nothing,
        raise your head,

959
01:26:32,288 --> 01:26:34,621
get people to gather
   like you're some kind of...

960
01:26:37,026 --> 01:26:39,726
You think we're gonna
         let that happen?

961
01:26:39,728 --> 01:26:40,994
Hmm?

962
01:26:40,996 --> 01:26:44,331
Let you incite
        a godless crowd?

963
01:26:44,333 --> 01:26:46,600
You don't like
     what I played on this?

964
01:26:49,872 --> 01:26:51,905
No one ever will.

965
01:26:51,907 --> 01:26:53,407
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

966
01:27:02,251 --> 01:27:04,651
Power that is not righteous

967
01:27:05,221 --> 01:27:07,321
must be destroyed.

968
01:27:37,786 --> 01:27:39,753
[BOLDEN SCREAMING]

969
01:27:44,126 --> 01:27:45,626
[KEYS JINGLE]

970
01:27:46,061 --> 01:27:47,928
[FOOTSTEPS RECEDING]

971
01:27:50,566 --> 01:27:52,833
Oh, thank you, folks.
        Thank you, folks.

972
01:27:52,835 --> 01:27:54,434
Thank you, thank you.

973
01:27:55,137 --> 01:27:57,437
Thank you, folks.
        Thank you, folks.

974
01:27:57,439 --> 01:27:58,839
So good to be back home.

975
01:27:58,841 --> 01:28:00,841
You know,
     when I was a little boy
       wearing short pants,

976
01:28:00,843 --> 01:28:03,577
I lived with my sister
           and my mama
      in the back of town.

977
01:28:03,579 --> 01:28:06,280
<i> Yeah. Yeah,</i>
   <i> that was my neighborhood.</i>

978
01:28:06,282 --> 01:28:09,383
[BOLDEN SHOUTING]

979
01:28:09,385 --> 01:28:11,952
I was delivering coal
         to the district.

980
01:28:11,954 --> 01:28:13,553
[CROWD EXCLAIM]

981
01:28:13,555 --> 01:28:16,723
Boy, yeah, they don't talk
    about a district no more,
          now, do they?

982
01:28:16,725 --> 01:28:18,659
[LAUGHS]

983
01:28:18,661 --> 01:28:21,828
Yeah. Yeah, I think
      I remember seeing you
      there, Jackson, yeah.

984
01:28:21,830 --> 01:28:23,930
You had a big hat on though
       covering your face.

985
01:28:24,967 --> 01:28:26,767
[BOLDEN SHOUTING]

986
01:28:26,769 --> 01:28:30,370
Anyway, this one morning,
      I was rolling through
  that particular neighborhood,

987
01:28:30,372 --> 01:28:33,407
and I heard a sound
   that I never heard before.

988
01:28:33,409 --> 01:28:34,875
<i> I thought, "Man..."</i>

989
01:28:34,877 --> 01:28:36,510
[BOLDEN SHOUTING]

990
01:28:37,846 --> 01:28:39,680
And, folks,
   I wanna tell you something.

991
01:28:39,682 --> 01:28:42,349
He was playing
        the saddest tune
          anyone hear.

992
01:28:42,351 --> 01:28:44,217
Oh. Mmm-mmm.

993
01:28:44,219 --> 01:28:45,686
I looked at him,
        I said, "Mister."

994
01:28:45,688 --> 01:28:48,088
I said, "Mister."

995
01:28:48,089 --> 01:28:50,489
I said, "Why you playing
     so sad, why you playing
         so sad a tune?"

996
01:28:52,795 --> 01:28:54,027
<i> And he looked at me</i>
         <i> and he said,</i>

997
01:28:55,097 --> 01:28:56,830
he said, "Son,

998
01:28:56,832 --> 01:28:59,366
"today they took away the king.
    They took away the king."

999
01:29:01,970 --> 01:29:03,070
[DOOR OPENS]

1000
01:29:15,451 --> 01:29:17,184
<i> I said, "The king?"</i>

1001
01:29:17,186 --> 01:29:18,618
<i> I was just a little boy,</i>
           <i> you know.</i>

1002
01:29:18,620 --> 01:29:20,253
<i> "The king?"</i>
   <i> I said, "Who's the king?"</i>

1003
01:29:20,255 --> 01:29:21,588
He said, "'Who's the king?'"

1004
01:29:21,590 --> 01:29:25,225
"Buddy Bolden."
  He said, "King Buddy Bolden."

1005
01:29:25,227 --> 01:29:27,127
<i> That's what he told me.</i>

1006
01:29:27,129 --> 01:29:29,463
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]

1007
01:29:29,465 --> 01:29:32,232
<i> So this one's gonna go out</i>
     <i> to King Buddy Bolden,</i>

1008
01:29:32,234 --> 01:29:34,501
the first king
      of New Orleans music.

1009
01:29:36,171 --> 01:29:38,105
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

1010
01:30:35,364 --> 01:30:37,431
¶

1011
01:31:35,424 --> 01:31:37,491
¶

1012
01:32:18,934 --> 01:32:20,867
[MUSIC ENDS]

1013
01:32:47,262 --> 01:32:49,329
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]