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Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I

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Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hi everyone, I'm Eves. Welcome to This Day

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Speaker 1: in History Class, a show that will convince you that

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Speaker 1: history can be fascinating even when you expect it not

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Speaker 1: to be. Today is December. The day was December nineteen

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Speaker 1: o three American jazz musician Earl Hines was born. Hines

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Speaker 1: was born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh. His

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Speaker 1: family was steeped in music. His mother played the organ

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Speaker 1: and piano. His father played the coordinet with the Eureka

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Speaker 1: Brass Band. His sister, Nancy, played the organ, His brother

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Speaker 1: played piano, his aunt saying light opera, and his uncle

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Speaker 1: played brass instruments. Hines began taking piano lessons early on,

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Speaker 1: and he worked towards the goal of becoming a concert pianist.

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Speaker 1: When he was in high school, he moved to Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 1: where he lived with his aunt. There he fell in

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Speaker 1: love with jazz. In his own music, he turned away

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Speaker 1: from classical music and towards jazz. As a teenager, he

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Speaker 1: formed a trio with a violinist and a drummer. The

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Speaker 1: group played at high school events, church socials, and nightclubs.

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Speaker 1: Since Haines still had to go to school, his schedule

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Speaker 1: was taxing, so he left school at age sixteen to

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Speaker 1: pursue his career in jazz. In nWo Haines began working

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Speaker 1: at the Leader House, a nightclub with singer and band

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Speaker 1: leader Lois B. Deppie. The band went to Ohio, West Virginia,

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Speaker 1: and New York City, and while he played with Debbie's band,

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Speaker 1: Haines developed his own style. He created a technique of

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Speaker 1: playing a melody in octaves that was known as the

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Speaker 1: trumpet style. In ninety three, he went to Richmond, Indiana,

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Speaker 1: where he had his first recording sessions with Deppie, But

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Speaker 1: the next year Haines left Deppie and led his own band,

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Speaker 1: which included saxophonist Binny Carter. But soon he moved to Chicago,

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Speaker 1: which had a big jazz scene. In the city, he

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Speaker 1: met people like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Binny Goodman. Hines,

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Speaker 1: Armstrong and drummer Zudi Singleton began playing regularly at the

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Speaker 1: Sunset Cafe. When the club temporarily closed in ninety seven,

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Speaker 1: the band broke up and Hines began playing at the

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Speaker 1: Apex club with clarinetis Jimmy Noon. The next year, Hines

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Speaker 1: was on several recordings that included some with Louis Armstrong's

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Speaker 1: Hot five and Hot seven. Hines's piano style was notable

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Speaker 1: on these recordings, and he began to be viewed as

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Speaker 1: not just a talented musician, but as a jazz innovator.

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Speaker 1: Hines also recorded a series of piano solos in that December,

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Speaker 1: Hines began leading a big band at the Grand Terrorist Ballroom.

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Speaker 1: They worked every day of the week, and they spent

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Speaker 1: months touring every year. The band also got a lot

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Speaker 1: of airtime on the radio, helping popularize them outside of Chicago.

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Speaker 1: When Hines lectured one radio announcer on drinking, the announcer

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Speaker 1: gave him the nickname Father, and it stuck, even though

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Speaker 1: Hines didn't like the moniker. Haines stayed at the Grand

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Speaker 1: Terrace for eleven years and recorded a lot with the band.

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Speaker 1: He left with the band in nineteen forty feeling exploited

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Speaker 1: and underpaid. Over the next few decades, he was involved

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Speaker 1: in various ventures. He played with the Louis Armstrong All Stars.

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Speaker 1: He played at the club Hangover in San Francisco for

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Speaker 1: five years, and he opened a club in Oakland in

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Speaker 1: nineteen sixty three, but that didn't last long. He played

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Speaker 1: three solo concerts at the Little Theater in New York

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Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty four, and he toured the world, including

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Speaker 1: dates in the Soviet Union on a tour for the U. S.

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Speaker 1: State Department. Hines played the piano until just before his death,

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Speaker 1: even though he had been dealing with arthritis and heart problems.

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Speaker 1: He played his last gig in San Francisco just before

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Speaker 1: he died in Oakland in April of nine. Many people

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Speaker 1: consider Haynes the father of modern jazz piano playing. I'm

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