Tag: Louis Armstrong

American Music History Transcription

Solo Transcription: Lou Donaldson’s “Minor Bash”

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Post date September 27, 2020
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A close look at a Lou Donaldson solo transcription and how it relates to moments in jazz history

Tags Blues, Carmen, Charles Mingus, Charleston, Fables of Faubus, Georges Bizet, James P. Johnson, Jazz, Jon Batiste, Joshua Berrett, Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Paul Whiteman, Ricky Riccardi, Soloist, Summer Reading, Transcription, West End Blues

Listening Log: Week 5

Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Roy Hargrove, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman

Tags Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Listening Log, Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Music, Roy Hargrove

Summer Reading List 2020

Summer reading — Duke Ellington, Jane H. Hill, Gunther Schuller, bell hooks, Joshua Berrett

Tags All About Love, bell hooks, Books, Duke Ellington, Early Jazz, Gunther Schuller, Joshua Berrett, Louis Armstrong, Music is My Mistress, Paul Whiteman, Racism, Reading, Summer Reading, The Everyday Language of White Racism

Ragtime Project

Stop-time Across American Art Forms

Post author By samspearmusic
Post date July 22, 2020
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An exploration of how rhythmic conventions in music and dance may influence each other

Tags Benny Goodman, Dance, Drums, Louis Armstrong, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Scott Joplin, Tap Dance