Item : Saint Louis blues : slow fox trot : handy B

Geographic and cultural informations

Location

New York

Population / social group

Ethnographic context

Artiste : Louis Amstrong et son orchestra. Refrain chanté.

Musical informations

Archiving data

Code

CNRSMH_E_1952_009_014_002

Item number

B

Creator reference

403495B

Remarks

New rythm style series n°28.
St. Louis Blues | Bessie Smith

Recorded in 1925 for Parlophone, Louis Armstrong on cornet.

Hadlock: "Louis seems more inclined to play his own way, with mixed results. His own expansive style sets up a highly competitive force that tends to intrude upon rather than complement the whole vocal performance. The cornetist obeys the rules, all right (play when the singer breathes, answer her statements with logical phrases, provide a provocative lead-in note as a springboard for the singer’s next statement); the problem is simply that Armstrong commands so much attention himself that the listener might momentarily lose touch with the continuity of the blues song as interpreted by Bessie Smith." [http://themelodicword.tumblr.com/post/36051654177/jazz-masters-of-the-1920s-a-look-into-the-louis]

Last modification

Oct. 22, 2013, 2:52 p.m.