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Originally Posted by czgibson
Absolutely. I should have checked this stuff out properly a LONG time ago.
I've had a few Armstrong CDs sitting in the racks for years, but they've never really done much for me. Cheap compilations with no logical presentation of the tracks and little information to establish what you're listening to.
But THIS is the real deal. I've heard echoes of this music in so many things I've listened to over the years.
Once again:
Thank you, Satchmo!
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1. While there were
Jazz recordings before which are very much important (for example,
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (which
Satchmo was a member of at the time) these recordings really are the
Rosetta Stone of Jazz. He changed
non-Classical Modern Music with those recordings. If you get down to it he's the
most influential non-Classical related
Musician of the
20th Century. That includes his singing and
Scatting which he created on the spot while recording
Heebie Jeebies (which is in that boxset) because he forgot the words to a song.
If you take the actual original meaning of the phrase....he was the first
avant-garde musician of the
20th Century.
His influence goes way beyond
Jazz. Before him there was no soloing in
non-Classical Modern Music. It was all ensemble playing. Even his style of singing crossed over into other genres of music and influenced many singers.
Take for example
West End Blues. There are so many trippy things and time shifts going on in that
3:21 minutes of music and of course his solo's are improvised on the spot.
The opening cadenza is worth the price of admission alone and it's the first and only take of that track.
Matt Glaser one of the many
mental midget talking heads in the
Ken Burns' documentary
Gumbo even went so far and say that
Werner Heisenberg could have gotten his ideas for
Quantum Mechanics from seeing
Satchmo possibly playing live.
The stupidity of that comment is not at issue. I just mention it to show you the kind of crazy things
Satchmo's playing has people saying.
2.
Louis has been through all kinds of styles. You know you can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played."
-
Miles Davis
Speaking of the
King Oliver recordings....if you're interested in hearing
Satchmo's first recordings with his
idol King Oliver....in the earliest days of recording the musicians would all stand around the mike to record....he on the other hand, would have to stand at the far end of the room so not to overpower the rest of the musicians recording with him.
http://www.radiomute.com/404061-post47.html 
Post
Hot Five & Seven recordings of note....
http://www.radiomute.com/18330-best-...es-sevens.html
You're welcome.
