| | myLot Discussions on Louis Armstrong Box Sets| Happy Birthday Louis Armstrong! 4 august 1901 | | Louis Armstrong was the most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century. Like Jelly Roll Morton, Armstrong began playing in New Orleans clubs and saloons in his early teens. By the 1920s Armstrong was touring the country and leading his own band, the Hot Five (later the Hot Seven). He continued to tour and record throughout his life and was particularly famous for his innovative, loose-limbed improvisations; some call him the first great jazz improvisor. His gravelly voice and sunny persona were a hit with the non-jazz public, and later in his career he became a sort of cheerful ambassador of jazz, even appearing as himself (more or less) in movies like High Society (1956, with his good friend Bing Crosby and starlet Grace Kelly) and Hello, Dolly! (1969, with Barbra Streisand). The theme song from the latter film became his most widely-known recording. | |
| | Status of US of America from the Eyes of a Foreigner | | Change in everything is natural and us of america is not an exception. We have seen the great and most admired trumpet player Louis Armstrong humiliated by racial comments.
We have seen the many great jazz singers like Nat King Cole insulted by racial behaviour of the 'whites'.
We have seen how 'blacks' were forbidden in 'hotels' and had to sleep in their cars overnight.Yet, America had and has great men and women of moral strength to welcome a change in american society.
Interracial dating and marriage are on the rise.
Old prejudices are breaking down.
The new American is free from 'old' thoughts in assessing people.And therefore the 'new' american is a worthy example of role model for the world from HUMAN RIGHTS to DEMOCRACY.not the 'old' though. | |
| | Jones'n for Jazz: An Unabashedly Biased Commentary on Jazz "Must Haves" | | I think it would be rather bold to try to write to the history and current practices in and of jazz in one article. Either that or, hey, I just don't have the endurance or the attention span to attempt such a comprehensive undertaking and/or analysis. I can, however, offer a starting point that I think would provide a jazz newcomer to some delicious and EVER so exciting pieces of and moments in jazz music. I can in no way begin to know all of what is good and great in the vast discography of jazz which, by now is closing in on the century mark. You can look as far back as Scott Joplin, Jelly Roll Morton, and the heavyweights in blues and gospel, in vaudville and, yes, even the burlesque, and find some claim to the rich history and collective flavors that make up the stew we today enjoy as much as ever.I can tell you to go drink up and absorb yourself in the musical treasures of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Oscar Peterson. I can drool on about the tones and talent of Billie "Lady Day" Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and even the sultry and sumptuous Bessie Smith or Ma Rainey - both of very early blues and jazz... | |
| | what a musician | | Louis Armstrong he was a great musician a one off talent,but also a genuinely caring man, I watched a programme about him where the tv crew went back to the area where he lived and people who knew him back in the day,said that he was just so down to earth he would sit with them on the stoop and just chat about everyday stuff with them...How cool is that. | |
| | Songs Of The Century | | The list, in the order of votes received. Each song is followed by the name of an artist who made a recording of the song.Title Artist
1. "Over the Rainbow" Judy Garland
2. "White Christmas" Bing Crosby
3. "This Land Is Your Land" Woody Guthrie
4. "Respect" Aretha Franklin
5. "American Pie" Don McLean
6. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" The Andrews Sisters
7. West Side Story (Album) Original Cast
8. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" Billy Murray
9. "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" The Righteous Brothers
10. "The Entertainer" Scott Joplin
11. "In the Mood" Glenn Miller Orchestra
12. "Rock Around the Clock" Bill Haley & His Comets
13. "When the Saints Go Marching In" Louis Armstrong
14. "You Are My Sunshine" Jimmie Davis
15. "Mack the Knife" Bobby Darin
16. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" The Rolling Stones
17. "Take the A Train" Duke Ellington Orchestra
18. "Blueberry Hill" Fats Domino
19. "God Bless America " Kate Smith
20. "Stars and Stripes Forever" Sousa's Band
21. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" Marvin Gaye
22. "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" Otis Redding
23. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco " Tony Bennett
24. "Good Vibrations"... | |
| | Who are the Greats of the World of Music? | | Who are the names that will last in music? Who are the names that are still remembered years after they were first famous?
Frank Sinatra? Edith Piaf? Elvis? The Beatles? Michael Jackson? Who else will still be talked about in 5-100 years and be greats, in the same way that Beethoven is a great; Debussy; Louis Armstrong; Bing Crosby...who is lasting the course and still last the course and be seen as great in many years? | |
| | what music have you been listening to today | | in my case....Willows Song - The Wicker man soundtrack
Everlong (Acoustic) - Foo Fighters
Cry Little Sister (Bauhaus? the one off the Lost Boys soundtrack)
Moon River - Louis Armstrong
Clair De Lune - Claude Debussy
Lovesong - The Cure
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven
Snow (hey-oh) -the red hot chilli peppers
Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley | |
| | | music | | Does anyone have a terrible voice? Do ink you were not born to sing? There lies little hope for you. Look around "Satchmo" Louis Armstrong is not one i would have thought has a great voice but he's one of the world's finest.
Keep the flame alive. You can! You can!! | |
| | on this independance day, thank you America for all you have brung to the world! | | It is over 300 years since North America split from the continent of Europe to form it's own colony. From the very darkest beginnings America has shown itself to be a country of innovation and discovery. It was Louis Armstrong that discovered the moon in 1969. All this from humble beginnings. In 1541 Christine Columbine discovered America and named it after it's partner, South America.Soon after, convicts deemed to dangerous to go to Australia were sent to America. From these dark roots came some of the greatest inventers ever.Benjeman Franklin who invented the kite.Paul Newman who invented salad dressing.Hugh Hefner who invented 3 in a bed.Abraham Lincoln who invented slavery.Rosie o'donnell who invented comedyand finally JFK who invented bullit proof limo's.Thank you America, have a great day! | |
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