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His recordings soon after with pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines, their famous 1928 "Weather Bird" duet and Armstrong's trumpet introduction to and solo in "West End Blues", remain some of the most influential improvisations in jazz history. Young trumpet players across the country bought these recordings and memorized his solos.
Children. Jeanie Bryson [ 1 ] John Birks " Dizzy " Gillespie (/ ɡɪˈlɛspi / gil-ESP-ee; October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer, educator and singer. [ 2 ] He was a trumpet virtuoso and improviser, building on the virtuosic style of Roy Eldridge [ 3 ] but adding layers of harmonic and ...
This is partly because "Dippermouth", in the song's title, was a nickname of Armstrong's. [2] Also, the phonograph recordings from 1922 gave credit to Armstrong and Oliver jointly. [3] The song is a strong example of the influence of the blues on early jazz. There is a twelve-bar blues harmonic progression, with frequent bent notes and slides ...
Robert Leroy Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) was an American blues musician and songwriter. His landmark recordings in 1936 and 1937 display a combination of singing, guitar skills, and songwriting talent that has influenced later generations of musicians. Although his recording career spanned only seven months, he is recognized as a ...
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy. " Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy " is a World War II jump blues song written by Don Raye and Hughie Prince which was introduced by The Andrews Sisters in the Abbott and Costello comedy film, Buck Privates (1941). [ 1 ] The Andrews Sisters' Decca recording reached number six on the U.S. pop singles chart in the spring of 1941 ...
Stardust (1927 song) For other songs with similar names, see Stardust (disambiguation) § Songs. " Stardust " is a 1927 song composed by Hoagy Carmichael, with lyrics later added by Mitchell Parish. It has been recorded as an instrumental or vocal track over 1,500 times. Carmichael developed a taste for jazz while attending Indiana University.
Chuck Mangione. Charles Frank Mangione (/ ˌmændʒiˈoʊni / MAN-jee-OH-nee; born November 29, 1940) [1] is an American flugelhorn player, trumpeter and composer. He came to prominence as a member of Art Blakey 's band in the 1960s, and later co-led the Jazz Brothers with his brother, Gap. He achieved international success in 1978 with his ...
—David Bowie, 1983 Pegg writes that the song "maintains a gravity absent from the rest of the album by virtue of its surprising bleakness". Containing an enigmatic sense of peril, the narrator invites his partner to dance, portrayed as a type of ceremonial engagement. Rather than dancing under a "lovers' moon", the two dance "under the moonlight"—a "serious moonlight". Although Bowie told ...