Please read all the information on the attachment files to find the answer to the questions. New Orleans to Chicago Worksheet 1. 1. In what ways did early jazz bands differ from their Ragtime, Br

West End Blues “West End Blues” is perhaps the most celebrated of the early Louis Armstrong recording. The opening trumpet cadenza (a fancy solo segment) tells everyone to “listen up, something special is about to happen.” The solos are taken individually. Louis scat sings in the middle. Listen to the tune and follow along with this time coded description: “West End Blues ” 0:00 Lo uis Armstrong’s opening cadenza 0:13 First chorus: Head stated by Armstrong 0:50 Second chorus: trombone solo by Fred Robinson; also note the clopity -clop accompaniment by drummer Zutty Singleton 1:24 Third chorus: clarinet solo by Jimmy Strong with scat s inging accompaniment by Louis 1:59 Fourth chorus: piano solo by Earl “Fatha” Hines 2:32 Fifth chorus: trumpet solo by Armstrong 2:56 Piano cadenza, tag (a little section used to end a tune). Louis Armstrong’s power and style was so pervasive that virtuall y every jazz musician after him was affected in some way. In 1922 he went up the river to join King Oliver’s band…Chicago jazz was never the same. In 1924, at the urging of his wife Lil (the pianist in Oliver’s band), he went to New York to play with the h ottest band in New York…the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra…swing was born.