Young Man With A Horn Page #4

you'd think it was alive.

Well, it's awful good company.

Whatever you tell it to do, it does.

Only better than you told it.

Never lets you down.

You're kind of sold on it, aren't you?

You gotta be sold, or you got no business

playing the kind of music I wanna play.

You gotta love it.

Can't just like it and understand it the way

the longhaired boys understand their music.

You can't write it down and keep it.

There aren't any notes.

You can only hear it right while

you're playing it...

...and you feel it.

Someday, when I'm really good...

...I wanna do things with this trumpet

nobody's ever thought of.

I'm gonna hit a note

that nobody ever heard before.

You've got to have some other interest,

or you'll go off your rocker. I know.

You need a hobby, like collecting stamps,

or a dog or...

How about a girl?

Don't pick on me, Rick.

You're a married man.

Married?

You're married to that trumpet.

I certainly wouldn't wanna

come between it.

Sorry.

Well, I guess you wanna get

to Chandler's party.

I think I'd rather breathe some fresh air.

Chandler wouldn't like this, would he?

No. I guess he wouldn't.

- Hey, Smoke, take over the rest of the set.

- Lf you say so, boss.

What do you say we grab a quick drink?

- No, thanks.

- You trying to brush me off?

- No.

- I never see you, except when we work.

- It's just that I've been busy lately.

- I know, with that trumpet player.

Why do you have to say things like that?

Hey, Smoke.

How about playing something our way?

- You're kidding.

- Oh, come on.

Let's have a little change of pace.

You, me and a couple of the boys, huh?

- Well, I've been fired before.

- Great.

Everybody take five, except Frank,

Jack, Ralph and you, Jim, down front.

- What's up?

- Oh, a little fun, maybe.

- Play a little jazz?

- Could be.

- Chandler won't like this.

- We can do it before he gets back.

- What will we play?

- How about "Get Happy"?

- Okay, but I ain't.

- You start it and see what happens.

Well, your answer won't be far off.

Here comes your answer.

I'm used to it. Well...

...it's been nice, fellas.

Thanks very much. See you around, Smoke.

I know, it's a dance band.

- You're through, Martin.

- I had a hunch I was.

You better watch your second trumpet.

He's starting to get a roll.

If the rest of you wanna keep your jobs,

don't let that happen again.

Door's open.

Hi, Rick. I just talked with Chandler,

and everything's all right.

I know he'll take you back,

if you just ask him.

- Lf I'm a good boy, you mean?

- Yeah.

All right, he doesn't like you.

But he knows you're the best lead

in the band.

Not in this band. I just couldn't take it.

What made you do it, Rick?

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