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'Hot Five / Hot Seven' Louis Armstrong
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands were recorded for Okeh records in Chicago Illinois and were named as such by the number of musicians in each group.
Captured on over 60 acetate sides between 1925 and 1928 the Hot Fives and Sevens were the first recordings from Armstrong as a leader and showed the musician defining many of the elements that would stay with Jazz forever...
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Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet and trumpet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the music's focus from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable deep and...
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Hearing these recordings again, I remain astonished at the speed at which jazz developed. I tend to compare it to the development of flight, one of my other interests.
Consider the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens - fixed pitch prop driven biplanes. Then Coleman, Coltrane, Miles' 'Bitches Brew' - 1960s space travel - and you've got a great comparison.
Creativity makes life thrilling - not conformity!
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