Le trompettiste Derrick Shezbie s'est perfectionné en jouant au coin des rues et, dès qu'il a eu l'âge de s'yfaufiler, sur les scènes des clubs de la Nouvelle-Orléans.
Il est encore un adolescent en mai 1994, lorsque Qwest Records, la filiale de Quincy Jones chez Warner Bros., sort son premier album, Spodie's Back. On peu s'attendre à de grandes choses de la part de ce jeune
trompettiste polyvalent basé sur le blues. On l'a comparé à Louis Armstrong.
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Trumpeter Derrick Shezbie honed his skills playing on street corners and, as soon as he was old enough to sneak in, on New Orleans club stages. He was still a teenager in May 1994, when Qwest Records, Quincy Jones' subsidiary at Warner Bros. released his first album, Spodie's Back. One could expect big things from this versatile young blues-based
trumpeter. He has been compared to Louis Armstrong.