West End Blues
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"West End Blues" is a landmark 1928 jazz recording renowned for Louis Armstrong's virtuosic trumpet intro and its pivotal role in the development of solo improvisation in jazz.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
jazz composition
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jazz standard ⓘ song ⓘ |
| composer | Joe "King" Oliver ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed by jazz critics ⓘ |
| featuresInstrument |
clarinet
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piano ⓘ trombone ⓘ trumpet ⓘ vocal ⓘ |
| featuresPerformer |
Earl Hines
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Fred Robinson ⓘ Jimmy Strong ⓘ Louis Armstrong ⓘ Mancy Carr ⓘ Zutty Singleton ⓘ |
| firstRecordingDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| genre | jazz ⓘ |
| hasInfluencedArtist |
Dizzy Gillespie
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Miles Davis ⓘ Wynton Marsalis ⓘ |
| hasSection |
ensemble out-chorus
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piano solo ⓘ trumpet cadenza ⓘ vocal chorus ⓘ |
| hasStructure | multiple choruses over 12-bar blues form ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
helped shift focus in jazz from collective improvisation to solo improvisation
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showcased Louis Armstrong as a virtuoso soloist ⓘ |
| includedIn | many jazz history anthologies ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of solo improvisation in jazz
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modern jazz trumpet playing ⓘ swing era soloists ⓘ |
| isConsidered |
canonical jazz standard
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landmark jazz recording ⓘ milestone in jazz improvisation ⓘ |
| key | E-flat major ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| musicalForm | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| notablePerformer | Louis Armstrong ⓘ |
| notableRecordingDate | 1928-06-28 ⓘ |
| openingSection | unaccompanied trumpet cadenza ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 78 rpm phonograph record ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Okeh Records
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surface form:
OKeh Records
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| subgenre | New Orleans jazz ⓘ |
| tempo | slow ⓘ |
| vocalStyle | scat singing ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Louis Armstrong
subject surface form:
Louis Armstrong
subject surface form:
Louis Armstrong