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King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in 1923, Part 5: "Dipper Mouth Blues" & What is Improvisation?
I hope you have been following the previous 4 parts of this series. Last time we discussed the authorship of “Dipper Mouth Blues,” the most famous piece…
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King Oliver and Louis Armstrong in 1923, Part 4: Who wrote "Dipper Mouth Blues"? +Bonus
(Paying Subscribers, at the bottom you’ll find a fascinating article by Dr. David Chevan about the importance of written music in early jazz.) Let’s…
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Listening to King Oliver's and Louis Armstrong's 1923 Recordings, Part 3: Lil Hardin's Fine Piano Solo, A Blooper,+Bonuses
(Paying Subscribers, your gifts are at the very bottom as usual. You’ll find some great reading on Lil Hardin Armstrong, one with music notation.) In…
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Listening to King Oliver's and Louis Armstrong's 1923 Recordings, Part 2, + Bonus Photo
(Paying Subscribers, a rare photo of the Oliver band from 1924 is at the very bottom. THANK YOU!) In Part 1, you read quite a bit of background about…
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Billie Holiday, The Arranger, Part 2: Ellington, Armstrong, and "Them There Eyes"
In the previous installment I presented evidence that Holiday was very involved in creating her versions—her arrangements—of each song. Today let’s take…
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Listening to King Oliver's and Louis Armstrong's 1923 Recordings, Part 1
This will be a series of posts about these classic recordings from 100 years ago! Like many of you, I became fanatic about jazz (and other music) at an…
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Louis Armstrong: Some History of His Intro to West End Blues—& a Bonus for Paying Subscribers
With a Bonus for Paying Subscribers.
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