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Ellington and Armstrong: The Lives and Careers of America's Most Famous Jazz Performers

Ellington and Armstrong: The Lives and Careers of America's Most Famous Jazz Performers

Paperback

Blues & SoulMusic Reference

ISBN10: 1097202895
ISBN13: 9781097202898
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: May 6 2019
Pages: 82
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.17 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
*Includes pictures
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
Louis Armstrong once claimed that Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine-I look right in the heart of good old New Orleans...It has given me something to live for. This statement conjures an image which most anyone familiar with jazz music can recall: Armstrong clutching his trumpet forcefully, his eyes closed in a manner that distances him from his physical surroundings in favor of a perfect harmony between the man and his instrument. As Armstrong alludes to in this remark, this connection also speaks to the enduring influence of his New Orleans background, which informed his musical style and indeed continued to live on through his music. To be sure, while performing, Armstrong appeared lost in a reverie, a condition that imbued his performances with a kind of mythical flair, as if one were watching a man consumed by a moment of transcendence. In other words, if the music of Louis Armstrong produced an emotional response in the listener, this invariably paled in comparison with the deep, organic pathos he was able to produce through his music.

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