他在新奥尔良的贫民窟长大,家里极度贫困。为了赚钱,他曾经上街卖唱,一天下来又累又饿,只能得到极少的施舍,但喜欢唱歌的他从未厌倦。一年元旦,他站在街头放枪迎接新年,被送到了黑人流浪儿童教养院。这里的教员发现他对音乐有着浓厚的兴趣,就开始教他吹号。 He grew up in the slums of New Orleans and was extremely poor at home. In order to make money, he used to go out to the streets to sing. One day he was tired and hungry. He had only very few alms, but he never tired of singing. One New Year’s Day, he stood on the street to shoot the New Year, was sent to the black stray children’s correctional homes. The trainers here found that he had a strong interest in music and began teaching him to trumpet.