Louis Armstrong - West End Blues | Background & Form

The UWA Conservatorium of Music have developed a range of online resources to support music teachers and students across WA. This suite of resources has been carefully designed around the new ATAR Music Syllabus, but includes a wide range of topics that will support student learning across a number of contexts.

In this video UWA Musicology Lecturer Dr Cecilia Sun discusses the background and form/structure of Louis Armstrong - West End Blues which is a designated work for Unit 1 – Elements.

Here are the links to the videos that Cecilia references:

- King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band, Dippermouth Blues    • King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band - Dipp...  
- Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five, West End Blues (1928)    • Louis Armstrong - West End Blues  

OTHER SUGGESTED VIDEOS TO WATCH
- Segment from Ken Burns’s documentary Jazz on West End Blues    • Louis Armstrong "West End Blues"  


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