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	Potato Head Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Potato Head Blues" is one of Louis Armstrong's finest recordings.
		Not strictly speaking a "blues," the chord structure is a 32-bar form in the same neighborhood as "(Back Home Again in) Indiana." The recording features notable clarinet work by Johnny Dodds, and the stop-time solo chorus in the last half of the recording is one of Armstrong's most famous solos.
		In Woody Allen's 1979 film, Manhattan, the Allen character lists Armstrong's recording of "Potato Head Blues" as one of the reasons that life is worth living.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Potato_Head_Blues (235 words)

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		Tell them she was born in 1886 and is still known as "Mother of the Blues." Ask them to tell you a description or definition of blues (solo songs, sometimes with piano or guitar to accompany, and the words tell about something from everyday life that's really bothering the singer).
		Tell the class that historians of jazz feel that blues have their origin in the old field songs of call and response that is such a deep part of the African American experience.
		Just have an idea in your head about something that might be bothering you at the moment--maybe you have a baby sister or brother who always wakes you up screaming too early in the morning or maybe you have a best friend who snubbed you or let you down yesterday.
	www.cstone.net /~bcp/5/5FMusic.htm (3572 words)

	Blues Bytes What's New
		And while I’m sure that producing blues DVDs is a break-even proposition for a record label at best, I for one am glad that Delmark gave us the opportunity to view Mississippi Heat in their element.
		Tail Dragger’s importance to Chicago’s blues history is evident in the regard he’s held in by the players who surround him on this project.
		This is a superb piece of blues history, and it’s available direct from www.cdbaby.com.
	www.bluenight.com /BluesBytes/wn0106.html (7136 words)

	Nicholas Payton - Dear Louis - Verve Records
		The African, American Indian, European classical, blues, and spiritual elements inherent in New Orleans music are also crucial to the pan-diasporic conception of rhythmic possibility with which he reinterprets Armstrong's music.
		Payton imparts an elegant reharmonization and ferocious swing to the stirring set opener "Potato-Head Blues." Consider the way he flows in and out of rhythmic signatures in his treatment of "Tight Like This," which in its original incarnation was a sort of novelty tune made transcendent by Armstrong's magisterial solo.
		Payton uses the viperous growl of Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) on a swinging "Mack the Knife." He contrasts "the nasty and the sweet" in a Rebennack-Dianne Reeves dialogue on "Blues in the Night," in which the pair alchemize a new take on the Louis Armstrong-Ella Fitzgerald chemistry.
	www.vervemusicgroup.com /product.aspx?ob=e&src=lb&pid=10467 (1014 words)

	Potato Head Blues by Brian White: Song Music Downloads
		Sorry, at this time no downloads have been found for "Potato Head Blues" on album Pleasure Mad.
		Sorry, at this time no streams have been found for "Potato Head Blues" on album Pleasure Mad.
		Potato Head Blues by Brian White: Song Music Downloads
	www.mp3.com /tracks/2837808/dl_streams.html (105 words)

	"Tappin' Time" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Potato Head Blues is a re-creation of the original Louis Armstrong Hot Five arrangement.
		By quixotic contrast to the earthy references, the solo section is a minor key fugue-like layering of the horns.
		Potato Head Blues, Baby Face, Clarinet Marmalade, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Somebody Stole My Gal, Down In Hony-Tonk Town, Way Down Yonder in New Orleans, Things Ain’t What they Used To Be, St. Louis Blues, The Glory Of Love, Sadie Green The Vamp of New Orleans.
	pages.zdnet.com /phelpsent/id18.html (803 words)

	Core Knowledge - Lesson Plans
		"Potato Head Blues" and "St. Louis Blues" are both good options) Play it 2-3 times while students work on their critiques.
		Tell students that they are going to write their own blues lyrics.
		Read over blues history and biographical notes, looking for 2 facts about the influence of Armstrong on the blues.
	www.coreknowledge.org /CK/resrcs/lessons/598Jazz.htm (1996 words)

	Comments on 16162 \| MetaFilter
		Essays, biographies, discographies, filmographies and sounds--It's your one stop shopping source for the Potato Head Blues in its entirety--truly one of the high points in Western Civilization--for example, among many, many other classics.
		Really the Blues blew me away when I discovered it back in college, first for the amazing history and secondly for Mezz's inimitable hepcat language.
		I could be wrong, but to my ear, Potato Head Blues sounds considerably better on my copy of this CD than it does on that site.
	www.metafilter.com /comments.mefi/16162 (727 words)

	CD Baby: ERNIE HAWKINS: Rags and Bones
		Digital Blues: "I just get such a thrill when a CD like this comes along, a man, a guitar, a friend or two and some old style picking that dazzles."
		Ernie Hawkins has become one of our best living links to this rich and magnificent American musical heritage, and is joyfully dedicated to preserving and passing on his treasured knowledge, both “in the letter” and “in the spirit”.
		Ernie appears on Maria Muldaur’s Indie winning, Grammy and Handy-nominated album, “Richland Woman Blues” and was the guitarist for her all-acoustic national tour.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/erniehawkins4 (545 words)

	Rags & Bones - Ernie Hawkins
		The Davisesque rags are "Make Believe Stunt" (played on a 12-string), "The Boy Was Kissing the Girl", "Potato Head Blues", "Guitar Chop Suey" (these latter two adapted from Louis Armstrong) and "Singing the Blues" (which is actually an instrumental).
		Ernie plays this as a Texas-style blues, with what sounds a little like William Brown-style Mississippi Blues playing tossed in there for good measure.
		I'd like to single out Potato Head Blues, which is sort of a classic ragtime arrangement of this Hot Sevens tune, leaning a little more towards jazz in the latter part of the arrangement.
	weeniecampbell.com /yabbse/index.php?topic=2086.0 (712 words)

	Austin 's Jazz Scene
		Blue Skies (with Paul Weston and orchestra, Verve, 1958); 13.
		Blues In the Night (with Billy May and orchestra, Verve, 1961); 16.
		Royal Garden Blues (with Ted Lewis and his Band, Columbia, 1931); 6.
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	Music of Ernie Hawkins
		Western Pennsylvania's master of acoustic blues guitar returns with another spectacular offering of Blues, Gospel and Dance Tunes, with just a little Voodoo thrown in to boot.
		Hawkins has been building his reputation as one of the (perhaps the) finest purveyors of solo acoustic blues guitar playing in the world.
		His take on a traditional tune, known as "Railroad Blues" is absolutely flawless, evoking wistfulness and danger at the same time.
	www.erniehawkins.com /music/music.htm (881 words)

	Amazon.ca: Hot Fives And Sevens Comp Col: Music: Louis Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Even amid the traditional New Orleans polyphony and ensemble work of "Gut Bucket Blues", the sheer power of Armstrong's cornet pulls along the rest of the band like a locomotive (and in setting the infectious closing riff, he not only anticipates the swing era but Dizzy Gillespie's "Salt Peanuts").
		By the time we get to the 1926 sessions, featuring his innovative "scat singing" on "Heebie Jeebies" and his dynamic stop-time phrases on "Cornet Chop Suey", Louis Armstrong is well on his way to transforming jazz into a soloist's art, and himself into the most influential musician of the 20th century.
		The standout of the set is the classic, lyrical "West End Blues", with Armstrong's showstopping trumpet intro.
	www.amazon.ca /Hot-Fives-Sevens-Comp-Col/dp/B00001ZWLP (1519 words)

	Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Ken Burns JAZZ Collection: Louis Armstrong
		Borders® Review: Louis Armstrong's importance to the creation and development of jazz cannot be measured (a fact which the epic JAZZ miniseries amply demonstrates).
		This single-disc overview his career includes "Potato Head Blues" (#4) and "Hello Dolly" (#24).
		Review: In conjunction with the release of Ken Burns' ten-part, 19-hour epic PBS documentary Jazz, Columbia issued 22 single-disc compilations devoted to jazz's most significant artists, as well as a five-disc historical summary.
	www.bordersstores.com /search/title_detail.jsp?id=52000585&srchTerms=074646144022&mediaType=-1&srchType=ISBN (336 words)

	Collectors' Choice Music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Decca had an inspired idea in ’56: have Satchmo revisit his earliest songs by re-recording them and adding personal remembrances.
		That cherished 4-LP set is now available on 3 CDs, courtesy of Verve and featuring "Canal Street Blues," "Muskrat Ramble," "Heebie Jeebies," "Wild Man Blues," "Struttin’ with Some Barbecue," "Potato Head Blues," "When You’re Smiling," "Basin Street Blues," "Body and Soul," "When It’s Sleepy Time down South," and many more.
		By this time Louis was not quite capable of the pyrotechnical playing of 25 years prior (West End Blues is conspicuous by its absense) but he was still a fine player, and his singing had reached no highs.
	www.ccmusic.com /item.cfm?itemid=VER38222 (258 words)

	Faces of Jazz * portraits of Satchmo
		Until his advent, jazz had been based on a three-instrument front line of clarinet-trumpet-trombone, in which individual gifts were subordinated to the demands of the ensemble.
		Harmonically, Armstrong was always one of the clearest thinkers, and, despite the complex evolution of jazz after his youth, he remained rooted in the style that first established his reputation.
		One of his most remarkable feats was his frequent conquest of the popular market with recordings that are in reality authentic jazz thinly disguised by its creator's contagious humour and delight in his own prowess.
	www.facesofjazz.com /louis.htm (491 words)

	Amazon.com: 25 Greatest Hot Fives & Sevens: Music: Louis Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Before that are fresh-as-a-daisy cornet acrobatics, as found on "Potato Head Blues" and "Struttin' with Some Barbecue." There's more exquisite playing on "Savoy Blues," where Lonnie Johnson adds some eloquent guitar.
		And then there's "West End Blues," the trumpet classic par excellence that brings in pianist Earl Hines, already a decade ahead of his time and one of the most potent influences on Armstrong.
		The gem of the collection is his profoundly moving 1928 performance of "West End Blues," which alone is worth the cost of the CD.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001HIS?v=glance (1219 words)

	Louis Armstrong: Jazz Moods: Hot - PopMatters Music Review
		All you really need to know is the track listing of this compilation (including "Hotter Than That", "Potato Head Blues", "Chicago Breakdown", "Cornet Chop Suey", "Struttin' With Some Barbeque", "Squeeze Me", and "Tight Like This") and you can see it: this is a classic single-disc collection.
		On "Squeeze Me", Armstrong takes a "scat" chorus (a subcategory of jazz singing that Armstrong also invented) of nonsense syllables, hitting the breaks and flowing in rhythmic ripple of the song's harmonies just as if he were playing his horn.
		His straight blues vocal on "I'm Rough" shows how close this music was to Delta blues when it wanted to be, but the singing on "Don't Forget to Mess Around" is complex and agile, showing that jazz truly is a hybrid of Mississippi mud and European structure.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/a/armstronglouis-jazzmoods.shtml (1281 words)

	Smithsonian Jazz
		A related musical practice is stop-time, in which the instruments hit typically just one beat per measure.
		Potato Head Blues provides an excellent example of how Armstrong's natural sense of rhythm made his solos swing.
		Activity: Follow the outline below of Potato Head Blues and count the number of breaks you hear.
	www.smithsonianjazz.org /class/armstrong/la_class_1.asp (470 words)

	Amazon.com: The Hot Fives & Sevens: Music: Louis Armstrong (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The music's first great soloist, Armstrong was reshaping jazz by sheer improvisational magic, gradually diminishing the role of the traditional New Orleans ensemble with the clarion brilliance of his trumpet.
		The band expands here, to the Hot Seven and larger ensembles, and it gains soloists who applied Armstrong's lessons to their own instruments--musicians such as pianist Earl Hines and trombonist Jack Teagarden--but all come under the imprint of Armstrong's flowering genius, as both trumpeter and singer.
		This is some of the most important and influential jazz every recorded, marking the way ahead away from New Orleans style polyphony to the future dominance of the soloist.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00001ZWLP?v=glance (2222 words)

	Louis Armstrong: Hot Five & Hot Seven. 1925-1928
		His 24-bar solo on "Chimes Blues" is to become famous.
		With his wife, the pianist Lil Hardin, he forms his own group and begins a series of recordings under the name "Hot Five" and "Hot Seven" for the "Okeh" label with his friends Johnny Dodds, Johnny St. Cyr, Zutty Singleton, and Kid Ory.
		Later Lil Hardin is replaced by Earl Hines, and Louis's greatest masterpieces are recorded: "West End Blues", "S.O.I. Blues", "Potato Head Blues", "Cornet Shop Suey" and others.
	www.ispras.ru /~demakov/MUSIC/louis.htm (892 words)

	Jazz History Weekly Guides (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The BurnÕs selections were recorded as Clarence WilliamÕs Blue Five.
		Potato Head Blues, West End Blues(SCCJ or Burns)
		You donÕt need to get it exactly right, but you should be able to tell if it has lots of sections, a chorus or is a blues (i.e.
	www.fna.muohio.edu /bowenja2/courses/NewOrleansandChicago.html (637 words)

	Songs that start with POT @ Streamwaves
		Potato Head Blues (Ken Burns Jazz: Louis Armstrong)
		Potato Head Blues (Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 - Disc 2)
		Potato Head Blues (The Hot Fives And Hot Sevens - Vol.
	songs.streamwaves.com /p/pot/index.html (67 words)

	Tower Records - Dear Louis - Nicholas Payton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		So, choosing to confront Satchmo's specter on his own turf, he offers a program of Armstrong-related tunes in brash, contemporary arrangements.
		Hot Five and Hot Seven classics like "West End Blues" and "Potato Head Blues" are streamlined without losing their famous cadenza and stop-time choruses, respectively, while "Hello Dolly" and "Tight Like This" are layered with Latin percussion.
		Dianne Reeves sings a chromatic reharmonization of "On the Sunny Side of the Street," and the ubiquitous Dr. John warbles "Mack the Knife." Payton himself vocalizes a bit, and though he can carry a tune, his voice can't illuminate a melody the way his trumpet does.
	www.towerrecords.com /product.aspx?from1=PERF&pfid=2340007 (563 words)

	JazzStore.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		All of Satch's small group recordings are on this definitive set along with other related numbers, including recordings by similar bands, some of his playing with blues singers and a few big band numbers that were originally mistakenly released as being by the Hot Five.
		Among the gems heard on the essential reissue are Heebies Jeebies, Cornet Chop Suey, Big Butter and Egg Man, Struttin' With Some Barbecue, Hotter Than That, Wild Man Blues, Potato Head Blues, West End Blues (which Armstrong always considered his personal favorite recording) and Weather Bird, and that is just scratching the surface.
		Ranging from New Orleans jazz to early swing, this is an essential acquisition that belongs in every jazz collection.
	www.jazzstore.com /product_info.php?products_id=342&osCsid=4d4698622eada7c6235e27147ac32a80 (410 words)

	A A World . Reference Room . Articles . Louis Armstrong \| PBS
		He recorded his first solos as a member of the Oliver band in such pieces as “Chimes Blues” and “Tears,” which Lil and Louis Armstrong composed.
		He retained vestiges of the style in such masterpieces as “Hotter than That,” “Struttin' with Some Barbecue,” “Wild Man Blues,” and “Potato Head Blues” but largely abandoned it while accompanied by pianist Earl Hines (“West End Blues” and “Weather Bird”).
		By that time Armstrong was playing trumpet, and his technique was superior to that of all competitors.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/reference/articles/louis_armstrong.html (1017 words)

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