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You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Solo Discussion: Louis Armstrong - "West End Blues"

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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4.9770 Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In the long-awaited return of our newly renamed Solo Discussion series, Peter and Adam go over the classic tune "West End Blues."If you're interested in the Open Studio Packs Peter and Adam mentioned in this episode, check out all of them here: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/courses/.Today's episode is sponsored by the Oxford American. The Oxford American is a magazine dedicated to documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Its award-winning annual music issue comes with a CD sampler and digital download - a must-have for any serious music fan. Recent issues have featured Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, John Cage, and John Cage. Visit https://www.oxfordamerican.org/yhi today for a special subscription discount!Let us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel and leave a comment for this episode.Interested in more jazz advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram at:https://www.facebook.com/heyopenstudiohttps://twitter.com/heyopenstudiohttps://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0

Shappapapapada-da-pada-da-pababababab da da dappo-debbl-dea-debel-dea-delea-delea-dda-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-dha. I'm Adam Manus.

0:28.5

And I'm Peter Martin.

0:29.4

And you're listening to, I don't know what you're listening to, but usually we call this that you'll hear at podcast.

0:34.0

Daily Jazz advice coming at you, a little scat intro of a great solo, a horrible

0:38.2

rendition of it's going to make it sound even better when we hear the original. Today is a solo

0:43.7

analysis or solo discussion? I think I'm confident on this one can be an analysis. I mean,

0:48.9

are you getting into the harmony of the thing and exactly what he was thinking and what he ate

0:52.7

for breakfast the morning he recorded this? Okay, solo discussion. Okay, good. Today's episode of the You'll Hear's podcast is blah blah blah. Today's episode of... Did you have a three martini lunch by any chance? We just came from lunch. We ate separately. I didn't realize you know how we do it around here. Today's episode of the U.S. Podcast is sponsored by the Oxford American. the Oxford American. Sponsored by the Oxford American. Be serious. That's right. I'm serious. The Oxford American is a magazine dedicated to documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Its award-winning annual music issue comes with a CD sampler and digital download. It's a must-have for any serious music

1:27.5

fan. Recent issues of feature Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, John Cage, and John Coltrane. Visit

1:32.6

Oxfordamerican.org slash Y-H-I today. That's Oxfordamerican.org. Many thanks to the good

1:41.3

folks over at the Oxford American. I still got, yeah, thank you for the hat. Big shout out to Ryan Harris and the whole crew down in Little Rock, South on Maine. If you're in the Little Rock area, we'll just give a little plug for their venue, a wonderful restaurant, beautiful venue, great drinks, great food, and beautiful music there. So check in on that. It's in the historic district of downtown Little Rock, South on Maine. So question. Yes. Why were you just scatting so badly again? That was bad. Well, because we're talking, we're analyzing, we're discussing one of my favorite solos of all time. Not just me. This is one of the most beloved solos it's iconic and beloved both

2:18.5

at the same time uh it's ironic no it's not ironic at all it's iconic um and i was just looking up

2:25.1

the date because i had i was thinking 1926 it's 1928 it was recorded june 11th that's a long time

2:30.9

time ago did you know that did you have a three Sazirac lunch?

2:34.5

What's going on?

2:35.3

Well, I was. I was trying to get in a New Orleans mood. That's a long time ago. It's 90 years ago. And I'm a bit older than you, Adam, but I was not even alive when that was recorded. I can tell you that. So neither were you, but for sure I wasn't. This is, of course, we're talking about Lewis Armstrong's iconic West End Blues.

2:34.2

Let's hear a bit of the beginning, shall we?

2:35.4

Okay. but for sure I wasn't. This is, of course, we're talking about Louis Armstrong's iconic West End Blues.

2:52.3

Let's hear a bit of the beginning, shall we?

2:53.5

Okay.

3:16.3

Okay. I mean, that's a high-level.

3:28.3

I mean, that's a high level of episode over.

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