1. New Orleans Jazz Migrates North
To Chicago
Louis Armstrong (1901-71) Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941)
trumpet piano
2. Joe “King” Oliver (1885-1938) and his Creole Jazz
Band
Dippermouth Blues, rec. 1923
New Orleans Jazz (12-bar blues form)
Intro – 4 bars
Chorus 1 – main melody and collective improvisation
Chorus 2 – collective improvisation
Chorus 3 – CLARINET solo (Johnny Dodds)
with band in stop time (1st and 3rd beats played
only)
Chorus 4 – CLARINET solo cont’d
Chorus 5 – collective improvisation
Chorus 6 – CORNET I solo (King Oliver)
Chorus 7 - CORNET I solo cont’d
Chorus 8 - CORNET I solo cont’d w/ break before final chorus
Chorus 9 – collective improvisation
Left to right: Baby Dodds, drums; Honore Dutrey, trombone;
Joe “King”Oliver, first cornet; Louis Armstrong, second cornet;
Bill Johnson, bass/banjo; Johnny Dodds, clarinet; Lil Harden, piano
3. Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five
“Heebie Jeebies” (rec. 1926; written by Boyd Atkins)
see Tick p. 412 on scat
Louis Armstrong, trumpet
Johnny St. Cyr, guitar/banjo
Johnny Dodds, clarinet
Kid Ory, trombone
Lil Harden-Armstrong, piano
4. Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) and his Hot Five (with Earl Hines, piano)
West End Blues, rec. 1928
New Orleans Jazz (12-bar blues form in each Chorus)
INTRO – high register
Chorus 1
Chorus 2
Chorus 3 – Armstrong, scat
Chorus 4 – Hines, ragtime virtuosity
Chorus 5
