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 |
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| instanceOf |
jazz composition
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jazz standard → song → |
| composer |
Joe "King" Oliver
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| criticalReception |
widely acclaimed by jazz critics
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| 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
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| genre |
jazz
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| language |
English
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| musicalForm |
12-bar blues
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| notablePerformer |
Louis Armstrong
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| notableRecordingDate |
1928-06-28
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| openingSection |
unaccompanied trumpet cadenza
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| originalMedium |
78 rpm phonograph record
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| recordedBy |
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
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| recordLabel |
OKeh Records
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| subgenre |
New Orleans jazz
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| tempo |
slow
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| vocalStyle |
scat singing
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
King Oliver
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Louis Armstrong → Louis Armstrong → Louis Armstrong → Louis Armstrong → |
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