Book contents
- On Jazz
- Reviews
- On Jazz
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 New Orleans 1976
- Chapter 3 Before Katrina
- Chapter 4 Two Women of New Orleans
- Chapter 5 Finding Fats
- Chapter 6 Swing Era Legends
- Chapter 7 Louis Armstrong
- Chapter 8 Count Basie
- Chapter 9 Duke Ellington
- Chapter 10 Dizzy and Bird
- Chapter 11 The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Chapter 12 The ‘Swing Drummer’
- Chapter 13 Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins
- Chapter 14 Oscar Peterson and His Trios
- Chapter 15 The Dawn of Fusion
- Chapter 16 A Taste of Freedom
- Chapter 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Chapter 8 - Count Basie
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2022
- On Jazz
- Reviews
- On Jazz
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Chapter 2 New Orleans 1976
- Chapter 3 Before Katrina
- Chapter 4 Two Women of New Orleans
- Chapter 5 Finding Fats
- Chapter 6 Swing Era Legends
- Chapter 7 Louis Armstrong
- Chapter 8 Count Basie
- Chapter 9 Duke Ellington
- Chapter 10 Dizzy and Bird
- Chapter 11 The Modern Jazz Quartet
- Chapter 12 The ‘Swing Drummer’
- Chapter 13 Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins
- Chapter 14 Oscar Peterson and His Trios
- Chapter 15 The Dawn of Fusion
- Chapter 16 A Taste of Freedom
- Chapter 17 Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
Summary
This is the first of three chapters focusing on swing big bands. Armstrong's career is traced from the 1920s in Chicago when Doc Cheatham subbed for him, through to his work with the All Stars. Cheatham gives a vivid picture of Louis in 1920s Chicago and Lawrence Lucie recalls his 1940s big band, including film appearances with singer Velma Middleton. Arvell Shaw recalls how he joined the big band, but follows this through to the All Stars. There are memories of Sidney Bechet in Boston, and musicians such as Roy Haynes, Kenny Clarke and Dexter Gordon working with Louis. The chapter then moves on to singer Jewekl Brown who compares her experiences to her predecessor Velma Middleton, who died on tour in Africa. Barney Bigard, whose autobiography Shipton published, gives his caustic views on Velma's tragic death.
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- On JazzA Personal Journey, pp. 104 - 124Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022