{"id":11134,"date":"2019-05-16T14:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T21:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=11134"},"modified":"2019-05-17T16:49:43","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T23:49:43","slug":"sing-along-with-armstrong-and-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2019\/05\/sing-along-with-armstrong-and-parker\/","title":{"rendered":"Sing Along With Armstrong And Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Permit me to tell you how my yesterday went. It went badly. Here’s why. I prepared a Rifftides<\/em> post that included a video. After the preliminary work and I was ready to post, I got a “video unavailable” notification. I settled on another post, put it together and got a second “video unavailable” message.<\/p>\n

So, I decided to bring you a couple of videos that I was reasonably certain would be available. They were. They contain recordings that are part of the basic repertoire, pieces with solos that all good Rifftides<\/em> readers should be able to sing along with. Please do, and we’ll both feel better about the whole day. First: Louis Armstrong’s “West End Blues” (1928). Second: Charlie Parker’s and Lester Young’s “Lady Be Good” (1946). ”\u00a0 ”\u00a0 ”\u00a0”\u00a0