West end blues allen toussaint sheet music, music books. Louis armstrong, the leading trumpeter and one of the most influential artists in jazz history. The west end of the title refers to the westernmost point of lake pontchartrain within orleans parish, louisiana. I doubt, though, that most people know where the song, written by joe oliver. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. For starters, its 15second opening cadenza has become one of the most influential and hardtocopy solos in jazz history. West end blues uses a typical new orleans front line of trumpet, clarinet and trombone with a rhythm section of piano, banjo and percussion. West end theatre bookings the definitive guide to londons west end. Watch the video for west end blues from king olivers riverside blues for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. But it was armstrongs version of the song, made a few weeks after olivers, that made it a landmark jazz recording. Louis s west end blues introduction consists of only two phrases.
West end blues 1928 in 1929, louis armstrong would return to new york and would work from that point on with a full orchestra. 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. Texture the piece starts of with a trumpet solo which means it is monophonic. Form, harmony, instrumentation and timbre, melody, rhythm and metre, texture, tonality, performercomposer audience and occasion.
In 1908, antonio maggio published the first blues sheet music titled i got the blues. Analysis of west end blues by james watson on prezi. Check out west end blues by louis armstrong and his hot five on amazon music. A musical and cultural history of the mississippi delta by robert palmer, escaping the delta. Thiele was a record producer, and earlier as head of impulse records. 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. Each original transcription includes historical and performance notes. Everybody who knows about jazz knows about west end blues. In its heyday, it was a thriving summer resort with live music, dance pavilions, seafood restaurants, and lake bathing. Rather, it is the tendency of this record to inspire jazz historians to project all kinds of. Various the most comprehensive singlevolume blues publication ever, with songs spanning the entire history of the genre.
Form, harmony, instrumentation and timbre, melody, rhythm and metre, texture, tonality, performercomposer audience and. The blues form is characterized by a callandresponse pattern. West end blues was written by king oliver as a blues song, named for the west end of new orleans, louisiana, a popular picnic and entertainment area on lake pontchartrain. King oliver and his dixie syncopators made the first recording for brunswick records on june 11, 1928. The texture moves to homophonic when the tonic chord is played and the band enters. West end blues by louis armstrong and his hot five. Any course on the history of the blues should begin and might well end with this book. The 7th on the i causes a dissonance which needs to be resolved with a iv chord. He was also a bandleader, singer, film star, and comedian. The towering figure of west coast blues may be the guitarist tbone walker, famous for the song call it stormy monday but tuesday is just as bad, a relocated texan, who made his first recordings in the late 1920s.
British audiences in the 50s didnt have much exposure to the blues. Author and sports writer dan oneill will be giving a free audiovisual presentation on the history of the st. Genre jazz label brunswick composers, joe king oliver. Music file metadata contains unique purchase identifier. The west end blues is often accredited to joe king oliver read more. As has already been intimated, these two phrases alone almost summarize. Louis went on to worldwide fame as a charismatic personality, a distinctive singer, a great bandleader and a sublime cornet player. 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. West end blues by louis armstrong and his hot five on. With his great sensitivity, technique, and capacity to express emotion, armstrong led in the development of jazz into a fine art. Edward komara is the crane librarian of music at the state university of new york at potsdam. Louis armstrongs genius and west end blues on june 28 in 1928, louis armstrong created one of historys landmark musical recordings in chicago with west end blues. Cyr, and kid ory on classics including heebie jeebies, west end blues, and potato head blues.
West end blues is a multistrain twelvebar blues composition by joe king oliver. Browse new and enduring titles on ancient history, european history, the civil war, u. West end blues writing the stuff down thats not allowed on the aware terminal. West end blues, form diagram university of virginia. Further musical understanding background information and performance circumstances. The composition was written and originally recorded by armstrongs mentor, joe king oliver, but armstrong established himself as a genius and major influence of american music with the recording he made that day. He is the editor of the encyclopedia of the blues 2006 and author of the road to robert johnson 2007. West end theatre bookings london show tickets west end. 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. Just to the north is the site either of an iron age hill fort or a roman encampment, the exact nature of which is awaiting an episode of time team. Originally released 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1940, p 2002 sony music entertainment inc. Louis blues scrapper blackwell a blues, d blues blind blake guitar chimes, blind arthurs breakdown rev. West end blues by louis armstrong and his hot five on amazon.
Its roots and early development, oxford university press, 1986. 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. The event is free, but reservations are recommended by calling 3145314607. Use one of those postcodes as the discount code at the check out. West end grill, fran landesman remembered, hodiamont history. It looks like we dont have any plot summaries for this title yet. But the blues were swept 40 in each of those series. Handy father of the blues publishes his most famous composition st louis blues. Every major blues artist is wellrepresented, including howlin wolf, robert johnson, b. Louis pianist silvercloud among dozens of area musicians in book about blues music. King olivers west end blues is one of the keystones of jazz and, therefore, american. Louis armstrong west end blues chicago, 28 june 1928. The west end book series by pearl cleage includes books some things i never thought id do, babylon sisters, baby brothers blues, and several more. Everyday, somewhere, a trumpet or cornet player tries to render an emulation of louis armstrong playing the west end blues.
Gary davis bill bailey, walkin dog blues lonnie johnson blues for the west end, blues in g, woke up with the blues in my fingers tampa red things bout coming my way. Clarinet trumpet trombone banjo or guitar piano drums. Here komara and johnson answer the question of not only what is a blues book, but which ones are worth owning. Louis armstrongs genius and west end blues chimesfreedom. The genesis and early development of jazz a re the subject of much debate. Recorded evidence from the early years of the twentieth century is slight. This powerpoint will analyse west end blues by louis armstrong under the catagories. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. The blues joined the nhl in 1967 and made it to the stanley cup playoffs the first three years. On june 28 in 1928, louis armstrong created one of historys landmark musical recordings in chicago with west end blues. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in. Palmers exhaustive research chronicles the development of this most american of musical forms from a technical viewpoint identifying particular west african rhythmic patterns and instrumentation in early blues, for example and one that is deeply personal. On piano, earl hines plays the same chord on each beat, four beats to the bar.
Louis armstrongs west end blues is an unquestioned jazz classic. Early blues musicians would sing a line and their guitar would answer. You may know armstrong for some of his later hits like hello, dolly and what a wonderful world but west end blues will always hail as a mile marker in the evolution of jazz. Gunther schullers comment on louis introduction to west end blues from early jazz. As robert palmer did in deep blues 1981 a slimmer, more mysterious, more urgent book gioia fills an early chapter with the findings of charles peabody, the harvard archaeologist. King, billie holiday, leadbelly, alberta hunter, willie dixon, muddy waters, stevie ray vaughan, eric clapton, jimmy witherspoon, bessie smith, sonny boy. See the complete west end series book list in order, box sets or omnibus editions, and companion titles.
Search the history of over 431 billion web pages on the internet. When the blues lost their first game in their most recent stanley cup run, according to sowell, many fans thought that history might be repeating itself. These remastered cuts from the mid to late 20s feature early jazz greats johnny dodds, lil armstrong, johnny st. So tall and slender daddy was a charmer he was a handsome man but when hed move it lord the ladies lose it daddy was a dancin man when he was dancing daddy swept. Note on louis armstrongs introduction to west end blues. Cohn, a grammy awardwinning blues producer, brings together eleven essays on the development of the blues from its beginnings, marshalling some of the best writers on the subject. From 1993 to 2001 he was the blues archivistmusic librarian at the university of mississippi. It is most commonly performed as an instrumental, although it has lyrics added by clarence williams. Carolina chocolate drops west end blues lyrics genius.
During the 30s, some dance bands had played jazz and swingbased repertoire, but when american servicemen came to london in 1944, the clubs around rainbow corner in the westend were suddenly bouncing to the sound of jumpblues. The book is more remarkable, however, as an incredible pictorial and documentary history of the blues with more than 300 illustrations including recording contracts. Handy was an africanamerican composer and a leader in popularizing blues music in the early 20th century, with hits like memphis blues and st. Early blues songs were sung by slaves, exslaves, and their descendants.