Louis Armstrong: 'West End Blues' and the Birth of Jazz
By Noumenal Software Ltd
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Description
This is the story of a man finding his voice.
We have only tantalising fragments of its development: brief recordings which merely hint at hundreds of nights' hard work; in the clubs of New Orleans; on pleasure boats running up and down the Mississippi and in the crowded dancehalls of Chicago and New York
His work was to make people dance, laugh and dream: in doing so he was also helping them to hear a new sound as familiar, obvious and instantly recognisable.
For his fellow musicians, his performances and recordings were a template, a model to emulate, mapping out a new territory to explore.
This app will guide you through the results of the first couple of hundred times he performed in front of a microphone, culminating in ‘West End Blues’: a defining expression of Jazz, compelling evidence that the music had found its first fully-formed archetype, Louis Armstrong.
What's New in Version 1.1
* Replaced fragile YouTube embeds with wrapper around mobile site.
* View videos in Louis or open in YouTube app or Mobile Safari.
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- $2.99
- Category: Music
- Updated: May 22, 2012
- Version: 1.1
- Size: 6.9 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Noumenal Software
- © Noumenal Software Ltd
Requirements: Compatible with iPad.Requires iOS 5.1 or later.
