Louis Armstrong liked to tell people, and may have believed, that he was born on the Fourth of July, 1900. Given the circumstances of his family and of the rough part of New Orleans he came from, it is not unlikely that civic records were haphazard. Twelve years after Armstrong died in 1971, … [Read more...]
Archives for August 3, 2006
Sir Jim Hall
Speaking of colleagues, in case you haven't heard the news about guitarist Jim Hall's latest honor, there is no one better to tell you than his proud daughter Devra, aka the blogger DevraDowrite. Congratulations to both. … [Read more...]
Why The Cornet?
August 3, 2006 Deborah Hendrick read the comment about Bix Beiderbecke having been a cornetist, not a trumpeter, and asks: As part of my continuing education, why would a musician choose a trumpet over a cornet, or the other way around? Experts on brass instruments have written volumes on that … [Read more...]