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5 days ago · In 1947, he played himself in the movie New Orleans opposite Billie Holiday, which chronicled the demise of the Storyville district and the ensuing exodus of musicians from New Orleans to Chicago. In the 1959 film The Five Pennies , Armstrong played himself, sang, and played several classic numbers.
4 days ago · On both recordings, the tonal structure is bare bones. The pattern of attack points is the emphasis, not the pattern of pitches as if the guitar were an African drum or idiophone. Alexander Stewart states that this popular feel was passed along from "New Orleans—through James Brown's music, to the popular music of the 1970s".
5 days ago · by Matt Micucci. On November 12, 1925, Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five met up at the Okeh studio in Chicago, Illinois. They were to record their first tunes for Okeh Records. The record label had wanted to put together a band of New Orleans musicians to buy into the recent success of New Orleans-style music. Having heard.
2 days ago · The music of Allen Toussaint, performed by the orchestra that bears his name, will be a highlight of the evening when Parsons Dance contemporary company closes the season for the New Orleans ...
5 days ago · Chapel Hart, Parker McCollum, a Wild Tchoupitoulas tribute and more music in New Orleans this week. Trea Swindle, from left, Danica Hart and Devyn Hart are the harmonizing trio Chapel Hart, rising ...
6 days ago · FRANKIE VALLI. Age: 89. (Born May 3, 1934.) Where to see him: The famous frontman of the Four Seasons has tour dates scheduled with the pop-rock band through Nov. 22, 2024. The agenda includes an ...
5 days ago · Clarence “Frogman” Henry, who has died aged 87, was a singer and pianist who in the 1950s and 1960s had a string of rhythm and blues hits on both sides of the Atlantic, notably Ain’t Got No ...
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