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Thread #121107 Message #2648091
Posted By: Azizi
04-Jun-09 - 08:18 AM
Thread Name: Paul Whiteman-King of Jazz?
Subject: RE: Paul Whiteman-King of Jazz?
Here are some more links to YouTube videos of vintage recordings:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc&feature=related
Maple Leaf Rag Played by Scott Joplin
"Maple leaf Rag, recorded on Pianola Roll actually played by Scott Joplin"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrc6AK6AKA0
Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
"Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton (1926) original Victor 78 rpm record"
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQWWA3jnCPQ
Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers - Blue Blood Blues (1930)
"Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (Sept.20,1885 or Oct.20,1890 - July 10,1941) was an American ragtime pianist, bandleader and composer.
Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton claimed, in self-promotional hyperbole, to have invented jazz outright in 1902. Critic Scott Yanow writes that "Morton did himself a lot of harm posthumously by exaggerating his worth (yet) Morton's accomplishments as an early innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth." Morton was the first serious composer of jazz, naming and popularizing the so-called "Spanish tinge" of exotic rhythms and penning such standards as "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say"."
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-HJI464CVs
King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dippermouth Blues (Sugarfoot Stomp) 1923
"Joe "King" Oliver (Dec.19,1885 - April 10,1938) was a jazz cornet player and bandleader.
He was particularly noted for his playing style, pioneering the use of mutes. Also a notable composer, he wrote many tunes still played regularly, including "Dippermouth Blues", "Sweet Like This", "Canal Street Blues", and "Doctor Jazz". He was the mentor and teacher of Louis Armstrong. Two of Armstrong's most famous recordings, "West End Blues" and "Weather Bird", were Oliver compositions. His influence was such that Armstrong claimed, "if it had not been for Joe Oliver, Jazz would not be what it is today"...
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[Click on that link to read the rest of this long, informative summary.]