Block 11 of Jitu Weusi Weeksville Oral History (Q25853)

Jitu Weusi: Well, during my teens I really didn’t get into too much related to jazz – I guess I was normal like everybody else, I was into the rhythm & blues craze, the stage shows, Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers [Frankie Lymon] and all that kind of stuff, and going to the parties and all that. At about 17 I was working in the camps upstate and I started listening to jazz much more often. I sta...