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Gavin B. · 07-12-2009, 07:58 PM

The Jazz Players

Louis Armstrong- Louie was the very definition of jazz New Orleans style. Here's a 1959 rendition of Mack the Knife written by Kurt Weill for Bertold Brecht's Three Penny Opera.

Eddy Davis' New Orleans Jazz Band- St. James Infirmary is an old blues song that is older than jazz music and Eddy Davis performs a rousing rendition of it New York City's National Underground Music Festival in the summer of 2008.

Wynton Marsalis- Wynton does an impromptu solo rendition of Buddy Boden's Blues the earliest New Orleans jazz song.

Jelly Roll Morton - Here's Fred "Jelly Roll" Morton's own recording of his famous Finger Breaker. Jelly wrote this to show of to New York Ragtime pianists (A.K.A. Early Stride pianists) that he had fine technique too. And was made even more famous in the excellent film "The Legend of 1900" I knew a classically trained pianist at the New England Conservatory of Music who told me that playing stride piano in the style of Jelly Roll Morton was far more difficult than playing any Chopin sonata.

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Gavin B. Model Worker Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,248	New Orleans Music Vol. II The Jazz Players Louis Armstrong- Louie was the very definition of jazz New Orleans style. Here's a 1959 rendition of Mack the Knife written by Kurt Weill for Bertold Brecht's Three Penny Opera. Eddy Davis' New Orleans Jazz Band- St. James Infirmary is an old blues song that is older than jazz music and Eddy Davis performs a rousing rendition of it New York City's National Underground Music Festival in the summer of 2008. Wynton Marsalis- Wynton does an impromptu solo rendition of Buddy Boden's Blues the earliest New Orleans jazz song. Jelly Roll Morton - Here's Fred "Jelly Roll" Morton's own recording of his famous Finger Breaker. Jelly wrote this to show of to New York Ragtime pianists (A.K.A. Early Stride pianists) that he had fine technique too. And was made even more famous in the excellent film "The Legend of 1900" I knew a classically trained pianist at the New England Conservatory of Music who told me that playing stride piano in the style of Jelly Roll Morton was far more difficult than playing any Chopin sonata. __________________ There are two types of music: the first type is the blues and the second type is all the other stuff. Townes Van Zandt Last edited by Gavin B.; 07-22-2009 at 08:52 AM.