A century ago, a trumpeter by the name of Louis Armstrong and his bands the Hot Five and Hot Seven revolutionised jazz, incorporating space for soloists, inventing a lexicon of dazzling phrases and ...
Novelty : "Cornet chop suey" (26 February 1926) -- Telling a story : "Big butter and egg man" (16 November 1926) -- Playing the changes : "Potato head blues" (10 May ...
Once I took a tour of the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens, New York. One of the features was the high-walled outdoor garden where, we were told, the GTOAT (Greatest Trumpeter of All Time) liked ...
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