Louis armstrongs west end blues, the day jazz changed forever. The version featured here is one of the older examples of louis armstrong playing the tune, probably with his hot seven in the 1930s. Louis armstrong jazz licks west end blues wednesday warm. Louis armstrong portrait of the artist as a young man. One jazz composition of the 1920s was louis armstrong s performance of west end blues.
Louis armstrong plays west end blues and therein invents. See new and popular louis armstrong songs, uploaded by musescore users, connect with a community of musicians who love to write and play music. Not only is it the version that cemented the tune in popular consciousness, it helped define what jazz could be. West end blues by louis armstrong is one of the most important songs in jazz. Louis armstrong, the complete louis armstrong decca sessions 1935 1946. The birth of swing louis armstrong and west end blues. The genesis and early development of jazz a re the subject of much debate. Listening log 3 west end blues by louis armstrong student choice.
This powerpoint will analyse west end blues by louis armstrong under the catagories. We were quiet on the elevator, quiet into the vestibule, the living room. From the very first note of west end blues, a tune composed by joe king oliver, one can immediately sense the shift that was occurring in jazz through armstrong s influence. Gunther schuller, composer, scholar, and conductor. Not only is it the version that cemented the tune in popular consciousness, it. It includes the opening cadenza and the solo he plays at the end. Minimum required purchase quantity for these notes is 1. Louis armstrong west end blues sheet music pdf notes.
I went over to the recordplayer, and put on louis s savoy blues, the 1927 okeh. Louis armstrong artist joe oliver writer this item includes. By far the best known recording of west end blues is the 3minuteplus, 78 rpm recording made by louis armstrong and his hot five on june 28, 1928. Breakfast in bed by jazzinuff cottontail duke ellington the song west end blues by louis armstrong has a very swing feel to it which is portrayed by the trumpet and clarinet. The west end blues is often accredited to joe king oliver. Louis armstrong jazz licks taken from the classic west end blues intro trumpet solo. This is a loose transcription of the famous louis armstrong recording. After performances in england in april, he had settled in the city.
Background information and performance circumstances. The opening 15 seconds are hot and even revolutionar. Joe oliver west end blues sheet music piano solo in eb. Print and download west end blues sheet music composed by joe oliver arranged for piano. Louis armstrong sheet music free download in pdf or midi. Everyday, somewhere, a trumpet or cornet player tries to render an emulation of louis armstrong playing the west end blues. The piece starts of with a trumpet solo which means it is monophonic. Louis armstrong west end blues sheet music arranged for trumpet transcription and includes 2 pages. The sharpeared porter spotted the break as the blueprint for perhaps the most famous of all armstrong solo passages, the opening cadenza to west end blues, recorded in june 1928. Analysis of west end blues by louis armstrong essay example. Mahogany hall stomp blue, turning grey over you hello, dolly. Mar 22, 2016 louis armstrong and west end blues, bix beiderbecke and clementine, and the birth of swing an introduction to the music, musicians and singers of the swing era. Armstrong plays trumpet and sings, backed by a band including pianist earl hines, clarinetist jimmy strong, trombonist fred robinson, banjoist mancy carr and drummer zutty singleton on hand cymbals.
Louis armstrong y a condense et magnifie des trouvailles et des formules quil a patiemment mises au poin,au moins, une annee durant. Louis went on to worldwide fame as a charismatic personality, a distinctive singer, a great bandleader and a sublime cornet player. In our catalog, you can find louis armstrong sheet music for piano, drums, flute, saxophone, trumpet, guitar and almost any other. The song west end blues was written by the jazz cornet player joe king oliver, who first recorded it with a singer in 1928.
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You may know armstrong for some of his later hits like hello, dolly and what a wonderful world but west end blues. West end blues louis armstrong bb on the orginial louis armstrong recording hot five for okeh records 1928 3 3 3 3 5. Print and download in pdf or midi west end blues joe. That move helped bring armstrong to national attention long before the twenties were over. By the time oliver wrote west end blues, his protege, louis armstrong, had formed a studio band that recorded as either the hot five or hot seven, depending on its size. Subsequently, question is, why is west end blues important. Louis armstrong and sidney bechet in new york, in 1981. Williams west end blues sheet music for trumpet solo. Aug 06, 2000 west end blues was a sleepy southern blues tune written by joe king oliver until it landed in the hands of trumpeter louis armstrong in the late 1920s, at a recording studio in chicago. This piece begins with an introduction by the trumpet lasting 10 bars, showing the incompleteness which creates the antecedent that will lead on to the consequent of the rest of the song. Louis recorded the west end blues several times during his career. Louis armstrong,the complete louis armstrong decca. Feb 06, 2016 the song is called west end blues and was recorded by louis armstrong and his hot five in 1928.
During the swing era, big bands were the major purveyors of swing music, but by no means the only ones. Louis armstrong west end blues 1988, cassette discogs. West end blues louis armstrong background information and. Was armstrong caring this seemingly spontaneous invention in his head for almost four years. Louis armstrong recorded a number of hit songs throughout his career. About west end blues digital sheet music for trumpet transcription. West end blues sheet music louis armstrong trumpet. West end blues louis armstrong bb on the orginial louis armstrong recording hot five for okeh records 1928 3 3 3 3 5 3 3. Louis armstrong biography, facts, what a wonderful world. Louis armstrong west end blues sheet music pdf notes, chords.
Louis armstrong west end blues 1988, vinyl discogs. Recorded evidence from the early years of the twentieth century is slight. Further musical understanding background information and performance circumstances. He made the vocal style of scat singing popular with the recording of heebie jeebies. King oliver also was responsible for encouraging a young louis armstrong to follow him from new orleans to chicago. It was originally composed by joe king oliver and is largely performed as an instrumental, although lyrics were later added by american jazz pianist, clarence williams. Portrait of louis armstrong wynton marsalis solo transcription. Louis armstrong portrait of the artist as a young man 19231934. I noticed some improvisation surrounding the trombone solo. The arrangement code for the composition is tpttrn. The fall of 1934 found louis in paris, ready to end the most extended vacation of his life. Louis armstrong,the complete louis armstrong decca sessions. Download and print west end blues sheet music for trumpet transcription by louis armstrong from sheet music direct.
He supposedly invented scat singing one day in the studio, when he dropped the lyric sheet for a new song he was cutting, just as the head of the record company appeared in the control booth. Louis armstrong 19011971, of new orleans, was an extraordinary trumpet player and excelled on voc. First, though, he would spend 1928 making several more classic smallgroup recordings in chicago, including some that would rank among the best of his career, like the immortal west end blues. In 1929, louis armstrong would return to new york and would work from that point on with a full orchestra. West end blues, form diagram university of virginia. Louis armstrong s classic recording of joe king olivers composition, west end blues. Louis armstrong sheet music free download in pdf or midi on. The composition was written and originally recorded by armstrong s mentor, joe king oliver, but armstrong established himself as a genius and major influence of american music with the recording he made that day.
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Download louis armstrong west end blues sheet music notes and printable pdf score arranged for trumpet transcription. Some of the most famous include what a wonderful world, hello dolly. Smithsonian institution louis armstrong education kit 43 when on june 28, 1928, louis armstrong unleashed the spectacular cascading phrases of the introduction to west end blues, he established the general stylistic direction of jazz for several decades to come. May 23, 2019 west end blues intro tab by louis armstrong. A 100th birthday celebration offers mostly vocaloriented performances from armstrong s rca victor recordings, which. King olivers west end blues is one of the keystones of jazz and, therefore, american popular music, but even more than that, louis armstrong s 1928 version, cut with his hot five, is a towering achievement. West end blues louis armstrong analysis bradpottermusic. Louis armstrong jazz licks west end blues wednesday. May 24, 2020 west end blues by louis armstrong is one of the most important songs in jazz. The recording was partially a mistake where the sheet music. Form, harmony, instrumentation and timbre, melody, rhythm and metre, texture, tonality, performercomposer audience and occasion. Pdf digital sheet music to download and print, interactive sheet music for online playback, transposition and printing.
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