... York and began to play in Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra for 13 months. In 1925 he returned to Chicago and joined his wife's band at the Dreamland. He recorded his first Hot Five records that same year. These were the first records he made under his own name. In 1925 Louis began Okeh Record's dates with his ... Hot Five band featuring Johnny Dodds on clarinet, Kid Ory on trombone, Johnny St. Cyr on banjo, and his wife Lillian on piano. On November 12, 1925 Louis Armstrong made his ... was the first recorded example of what became known as "scat singing." In 1929 Armstrong was hired to...

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... , piano, guitar, bass, violin, and drums. Musicians strove for large, rich tone qualities on their instruments. Solo improvisers did not seek difficulty in their lines so much as lyricism and a hot, confident feeling that was rhythmically undeniable. For these reasons, the musical period of the nineteen-thirties and the nineteen-forties has been called the swing era and big-band era ... distinctions between bands that conveyed the hardest driving rhythmic qualities and extensive solo improvisations and those that conveyed less swing feeling and improvisation. The former were called swing...

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... Armstrong. He was a dazzling improviser, technically, emotionally, and intellectually. He changed the format of jazz by bringing the soloist to the forefront, and in his recording groups, the "Hot Five" and the "Hot Seven", demonstrated that jazz improvisation could go far beyond simply ornamenting the melody. He became the first well known male jazz singer, and also set standards for all later ... ...

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... , in the 1930s and 1940s, jazz reached its popular peak as Big Band or Swing music. It divided into two major classifications of either hot jazz or symphonic jazz. The latter is often referred to as Big Band. Hot jazz carried on the style of New Orleans jazz. Those best well known for popularizing it include; Fletcher Henderson, Count Basie, and Bennie ... ...

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... he gave jazz more of a swing than others had. "Louis had a growing ability to put into his playing that lilt, that swing, that was so exciting a part of the new hot jazz. By holding back a little on this note, jumping in early on that one, so that many of the notes didn't land smack on the beat but came unexpectedly a little ... . I have answered the question "Did Louis Armstrong really invent jazz?" Jazz was not invented by Louis Armstrong, I believe that Armstrong made it popular when he started to play in the "Hot Five", which was Louis" band that got a record deal with Okeh records i...

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... was characterized as light and springy' from Johnson. Fats' first recordings were done in 1922. But it wasn't 1929 when he caught a break writing the score for the Broadway hit "Hot Chocolates" with lyrics supplied by his friend Andy Razaf. His most famous song "Ain't Misbehavin- was part of this show, which also featured the great Louis Armstrong. Waller was a great ... ...

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... bands, that took the music of these older men and increased the complexity and dynamic of their music, as well as gaining greater commercial success. This music became known as "Hot Jazz". Louis Armstrong was one of the first great stars of jazz. He became an outstanding cornet player while a teen-ager in New Orleans. In 1922, he moved to Chicago ... ...

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... , she began to sing in a nightclub called Pod's and Terry's that paid her $18.00 a week. After years of singed, the club decided to change their name. It had become a hot spot that songwriters, producers, promoters and agents hung out. An agent named Joe Glaser heard Billie sing and signed her on the spot. After a short spur of prostitution, she finally ... ...

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... Years Eve. There, he learned to play the cornet, which got him into the music business. Although Louis didn't have an instrument at the time, he enjoyed listening to "The Hot Style Band", and his favorite musician was Joe King Oliver, who acted as the Louis" father and teacher. Joe King Oliver gave Louis his first cornet, and in Chicago in ... ...

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... Years Eve. There, he learned to play the cornet, which got him into the music business. Although Louis didn't have an instrument at the time, he enjoyed listening to "The Hot Style Band", and his favorite musician was Joe King Oliver, who acted as the Louis" father and teacher. Joe King Oliver gave Louis his first cornet, and in Chicago in ... ...

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... in the audience of one of his performances to witness that kind of spectacular event. Louis Armstrong returned back to New York around 1929, and performed on Broadway in Connie's Hot Chocolates. He also made his very first nationwide hit recordings. Louis Armstrong was one of the leaders who made Jazz a worldwide phenomenon. In the 1950's Louis Armstrong was known as ... ...

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... Triton substitution. He produced two generations of jazz singers including Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Louis Jordan, and Nat "King" Cole. His trumpet descendants include Red Allen, Bunny Bergian, Hot Lips Page and Miles Davis. Although Jazz and blues involve over sixty years there are a few artist who can't go unmentioned such as Bix Beiderbecke, Dave Brubecke, Bill Evans, Ella ... ...

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