Great jazz trumpet playing from the 20s, 30s, and 40s, featuring: Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, Bubber Miley, Roy Eldridge, Jabbo Smith, Hot Lips Page, and others.
“Well, that's Louis Armstrong's dazzling intro to West End Blues recorded with his Hot Fives in a Chicago studio in 1928. A lot of ink has been spilled about that cadenza. It's certainly one of the most joyful announcements in jazz history.
Louis and jazz are here to stay. It's just a marvel of sheer audacity, I think. Armstrong, by the way, was fairly nonchalant about what he had just done.
He was pleased with it, of course, but for him, it was just another recording, even if everyone around him may have thought he had just changed music.
Well, hello there, and welcome to At the Jazz Band Ball. I'm Kevin McLaughlin. This is a podcast about early jazz and musicians from the first half of the 20th century.
Hey, it's great to have you along. I'm a trumpet player, as some of you may know, though not jazz primarily. And I've always wondered about the connection between personality traits of players and their chosen instruments.
I mean, do you choose an instrument, a trumpet for example, because of its extroverted qualities, or does it just kind of rub off on you over time? Well, I'm not sure that[…]”
From At the Jazz Band Ball: Jazz trumpet, 1920s-40s, Apr 1, 2024
Transcript:
“Well, that's Louis Armstrong's dazzling intro to West End Blues recorded with his Hot Fives in a Chicago studio in 1928. A lot of ink has been spilled about that cadenza. It's certainly one of the most joyful announcements in jazz history.
Louis and jazz are here to stay. It's just a marvel of sheer audacity, I think. Armstrong, by the way, was fairly nonchalant about what he had just done.
He was pleased with it, of course, but for him, it was just another recording, even if everyone around him may have thought he had just changed music.
Well, hello there, and welcome to At the Jazz Band Ball. I'm Kevin McLaughlin. This is a podcast about early jazz and musicians from the first half of the 20th century.
Hey, it's great to have you along. I'm a trumpet player, as some of you may know, though not jazz primarily. And I've always wondered about the connection between personality traits of players and their chosen instruments.
I mean, do you choose an instrument, a trumpet for example, because of its extroverted qualities, or does it just kind of rub off on you over time? Well, I'm not sure that[…]”
From At the Jazz Band Ball: Jazz trumpet, 1920s-40s, Apr 1, 2024
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