Word: satchelmouth
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Ladies & Gentlemen, this is the Reverend Satchelmouth Armstrong. . . ." He gets his head up to an amplifier. His June 13, 1932 natural voice is almost whisper-small. "Chinatown, My Chinatown, Chinatown, Chinatown. . . ." He rarely has more than a rough idea of the words. "All right, boys, I'll take the next, five bars." He throws back his head, raises his trumpet, bleats noisily but marvelously. He has struck 200 high C's in succession, ended on high F. He slides all around a tune as easily as if he were doing it on a saxophone. He triple-tongues...