
Young Man With A Horn
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- 1950
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My name is Willie Willoughby,
but they call me Smoke.
I play piano in a run-of-the-mill
dance band.
Kind of monotonous.
But there were times when I got my kicks.
Not so long ago either.
Like when I palled around with Rick Martin,
What a guy.
We were in the thankless business
...and phrases of music together
into a mumbo jumbo...
...that somehow turned out to be jazz.
Strictly off-the-cuff, but a lot of fun.
Of course, Rick is practically
a legend now.
People ask me about him
and those times.
Ordinarily, I don't talk much about it.
He had a lot of friends.
In a way, he had no friends at all.
He was a lonely kind of guy.
Always, I guess from the time
he was a kid.
He never knew his father.
And his mother died
when he was 9 or 10.
So he went to live with his sister.
He did a lot of traveling
for a kid his age.
From Missouri...
... on through Texas...
... Oklahoma...
... and finally, California.
He never did get much out of school, and
he made very few friends along the way.
Why don't you go play
with the other kids.
Hanging around the house day after day.
- You hungry?
- No.
After you eat, don't forget to put
the bread back so the ants don't get it.
Yes.
- What's wrong with you?
- Nothing.
I haven't got time.
Joe will be here any minute.
But I'll tell you one thing, either you gotta
go back to school or get a job.
You just can't do nothing.
Hey, Marge, that man's here.
Hiya, Rick. Let's go, honey, we're late.
- I told you I'd be ready, didn't I?
- Gee, you look like a million.
Don't forget, the bread in the box.
So long. There's a little Chinese place
on the corner of 2nd and Flower...
...I was thinking of tonight.
And now, my friends...
...the good Lord has provided.
And there'll be a hot meal served
in the next room.
The story goes that by the time it got dark,
he could play the piano.
After that, he had a place to go to
and something he really wanted to do.
And for a while, he wasn't
quite so lonely anymore.
Hey, you've been banging
Now, get out of here.
Excuse me.
Hello, sir. Which one's the cheapest?
- You mean, the instruments?
- Yes, sir.
Well, let me see. I think the trumpet.
I can let you have this one for about $9.
- You play a trumpet?
- No, but I could learn.
Well, the piano's a little different.
So you're a musician, eh?
If I had one, I could carry it with me
and play it any time I wanted.
- You got the money?
- No, but I could get a job.
Well, now. I think maybe
you are a musician.
Yes, sir.
And that kid out there...
... he had a perfect ear for it.
He could hear it, and he could feel it.
It hit that boy right where he lived.
Well, look at this.
- How about that.
- Hey, fellas.
Let's take a breather for a few.
What are you doing, boy?
- What do you want?
- Excuse me.
I was just listening to the music.
- Well, do you like the way we play?
- Oh, sure.
- Kind of late for you to be out, isn't it?
- No school tomorrow.
Well, you'd better come on in
if you wanna hear some music.
- Thanks.
- Will you join us in a small collation?
- A ham sandwich, perhaps, Mr...
- Martin. No, thanks.
Oh, but you gotta.
You can't listen to music
on an empty stomach.
Thanks.
You sure your folks won't care?
I don't have any real folks.
My sister wouldn't know
if I came in or not.
Oh, I see.
Gentlemen, this is Mr. Martin.
He says he likes our music.
- Pleased to meet you.
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