What Is The Role Of Jazz Musicians In The 1920's
In the 1920’s there were many New Orleans jazz musicians that were truly great at what they done. When listening to West End Blues, by Louis Armstrong and Hit Hot Five, you see just how great these musicians were. This song was written in 1928, with the form being twelve-bar blues. At the very beginning Louis Armstrong enters with a monophonic texture, and fast tempo solo. In the third chorus Jimmy Strong, plays the main melody, after this there is one more soloists that occurs in the fourth chorus in which Earl Hines plays a highly decorative solo, fleshed out by complicated harmonic substitutions; as his solo goes on Hines becomes louder and more aggressive. The difference between “Dippermouth Blues” and “West End Blues”, is that there is
not as much “solo” playing or featured soloists in Dippermouth blues. The more predominant feature in this song are the featured soloists. When Armstrong sings in the song from about 1:26 to 1:58 it sounds much improvised to me, because he goes off what the clarinet just played. The piano solo near the end also sounds improvised to me because the pianist which is, Earl Hines, plays the same chord over and over.
not as much “solo” playing or featured soloists in Dippermouth blues. The more predominant feature in this song are the featured soloists. When Armstrong sings in the song from about 1:26 to 1:58 it sounds much improvised to me, because he goes off what the clarinet just played. The piano solo near the end also sounds improvised to me because the pianist which is, Earl Hines, plays the same chord over and over.