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i remember seeing that documentary "Jazz". at one part they showed bands playing songs that were jazz on the one hand but had sung blues parts, too (?). i guess duke ellington was involved (?). i dont know. it seemed to be a trend for a few years. you dont hear much of that style nowadays though, but i wanna download some traxx of this fashion. just to know what they sounded like, i dont even think i'll like them. you dont know some? |
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what type of jazz? big band? jungle jazz (duke ellington)? |
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well .. they only showed rather short excerpts. it was popular jazz .. big-band and swing stuff. melodic. and after those jazz-parts some negro started to sing some blues verses and then they went back to jazz. |
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sometimes the line between jazz and blues is kind of thin... anyway, these short excerpts, were they of a show with a male presenter who used to dance off stage when he'd introduced the acts? |
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sure, jazz and blues OVERLAP, but it was labelled as some kind of blues-jazz Fusion. and it seemed to be popular then. hmmm .... dancing male presenter? no .. i dont think so. i remember men in suites. one drumming wildly, others playing brass. and then a man stepped on stage and shouted his blues lines into the mic. |
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people that come to mind from ur descriptions include: duke ellington, billie holiday, jelly 'roll' morton, louis armstrong. |
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duke ellington seemed to be involved. and louis armstrong, too, yes. i'll check some louis armstrong traxxx. |
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just a gigolo from louis armstrong is close to what i meant. the stuff i heard had a much greater contrast between the jazzy instrumental and the sung "blues" parts, but that was probably just the example track and not something that distinguished a style. |
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look for tracks that are collaborations between armstrong & ellington, I've got a cd here: "Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit: the master takes" |
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i do, thanks |
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