Block 9 of James Spaulding Weeksville Oral History (Q24794)

James Spaulding: At first I jammed at The Blue Coronet and The Continental, where I met Cassandra Wilson who was just starting out. A place called The Happy Landing, which was a little joint on Case Avenue where I was living around the corner, played with a singer named Joe Louis, and that's where I met Carlos Garnett — he came in and jammed with us. There was so much to do, so much ener...