Al the Kid Little: From Dixieland to Rockets
- ISBN-10
- 150582592X
- ISBN-13
- 9781505825923
- Pages
- 174
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-11-20
- Author
- Penny Little
Description
A short scrapbook / biography of saxophonist Al Little, who played with many notable Dixieland and Big Band artists of his time: Bix Biederbeck, Jack Teagarden, Tommy Tucker, Jules Herbuveaux, Slatz Randall, the Dorsey Brothers, and others. In the early 40's he switched careers, working for a company which contracted with the US Government -- working on the atomic bomb, rocket sleds, weather balloons. Along the way he met Albert Einstein, Werner Von Braun & Richard Feynman. As told by his daughter Penny Little.
