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Creating the Jazz Solo - Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony (Hardcover)
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Creating the Jazz Solo - Louis Armstrong and Barbershop Harmony (Hardcover)
Series: American Made Music Series
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Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong tried to explain how singing
with a barbershop quartet on the streets of New Orleans was
foundational to his musicianship. Until now, there has been no
in-depth inquiry into what he meant when he said, ""I figure
singing and playing is the same,"" or, ""Singing was more into my
blood than the trumpet."" Creating the Jazz Solo: Louis Armstrong
and Barbershop Harmony shows that Armstrong understood exactly the
relationship between what he sang and what he played, and that he
meant these comments to be taken literally: he was singing through
his horn. To describe the relationship between what Armstrong sang
and played, author Vic Hobson discusses elements of music theory
with a style accessible even to readers with little or no musical
background. Jazz is a music that is often performed by people with
limited formal musical education. Armstrong did not analyze what he
played in theoretical terms. Instead, he thought about it in terms
of the voices in a barbershop quartet. Understanding how Armstrong,
and other pioneer jazz musicians of his generation, learned to play
jazz and how he used his background of singing in a quartet to
develop the jazz solo has fundamental implications for the teaching
of jazz history and performance today. This assertive book provides
an approachable foundation for current musicians to unlock the
magic and understand jazz the Louis Armstrong way.
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