MUSC 2140 Lecture Notes - Malcolm Arthur Smith, Coleman Hawkins, Blues Scale
16 Apr 2013
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Dissonance: the quality of an unstable harmony that resolves to another chord. Armstrong established the blues scale and blues feeling as a harmonic foundation when significant jazz figures (eastern seaboard) thought it a mere fashion/fad. 1924 - new york: countered the broadway shows and dance bands with his emotional power. Ensured jazz as a genre that prizes individual expression. He became too spirited for traditional new orleans ensemble. Proved improvisation to be just as stable and wholesome as written music. Began scat-singing as a young boy, mastered it quickly. 1930"s many tried to argue that jazz should not change from its original sound. Yet, jazz was taken from so many other genres heard in the south, so armstrong resolved it by creating music based off of tin pan alley songs. His approach to rhythm showed the contagiously joyous, bawdy, accessible, human nature of his music. Part of a brass band at new orlean"s coloured waif"s home.
