Soloists

Soloists

1. Hotter than that

   • CHORUS 1
     • Armstrong
       • Confident and well shaped
         • Accent on first note makes syncopation a clear feature of the melody
         • Gradual accents give energy
       • 2nd half more virtuosic
   • CHORUS 2
     • Johnny Dodds
       • Bright Sound
         • Swung quavers
       • Clarinet
   • CHORUS 3
     • Armstrong
       • Scat singing
         • Piano drops out
         • Smears and fall offs
         • Smoother triplets
   • DUET
     • Voice and guitar
       • Armstrong + Lonnie Johnson
         • Call and Response
   • CHORUS 4
     • 4 bar piano link
       • Lil Hardin
     • Kid Ory - trombone solo
       • Trombone slides
         • Rhythm section drives
           • Lil decorates - ragtime
       • Armstrong leads 2nd half
         • Unaccompanied descending scale
     • Guitar and trumpet @ end

2. KoKo

   • Intro
     • Sets brooding theme
       • Minor Key
   • CHORUS 1
     • JUAN TIZOL
       • Trombone
       • Pizzicato double bass
         • Jimmy Blanton clear walking bass
   • CHORUS 2
     • JOE NANTON
       • Trombone
         • Plunger mute
         • Accompanied by whole band
         • Comping guitar
   • CHORUS 3
     • Higher pitches
       • Plunger mute tight
   • CHORUS 4
     • DUKE ELL
       • Piano solo
         • Dissonant harmony
           • Bright registers emphasises polytonal dissonance
             • Solo ends with a Ebm7 chord syncopated
   • CHORUS 5
     • COOTIE WILLIAMS/WALLACE JONES/REX STUART
       • 3 trumpets in unison
         • Whole ensemble - piano
   • CHORUS 6
     • JIMMY BLANTON
       • Double bass solo
         • Referred to as chase chorus
   • CHORUS 7
     • FULL ENSEMBLE
       • Highly dissonant
         • Shout chorus
           • Melody in sax
   • CODA
     • Concludes with material from intro
       • Reduced to Bari Sax, Trombone and rhythm section
         • Final bars = whole band
           • Ascending phrases
             • Straight 8s replaced with swung

3. Boplicity

   • CHORUS 1
     • NO introduction
       • Full ensemble - piano
       • Trumpet melody doubled in bari sax
       • F major tonality not immediately apparent
       • Triplets = flexibility
         • 2nd half = certainty
   • CHORUS 2
     • BARITONE SAX
       • GERRY MULLIGAN
         • light soft tone
           • little vibrato
           • Relaxed crotchets and quavers
           • Frontline melody climbs high
       • TRUMPET
         • MILES DAVIS
           • Bright sound transforms the mood
           • Changing accomp
           • Clear sense of direction
           • Reaches top f
   • CHORUS 3
     • TRUMPET SOLO 16 BARS
       • piano bass drums
         • Detached chords in piano
           • Long pauses between phrases
             • No coda
               • Syncopated accents in percussion give sense of swing
                 • Repeated opening
       • JOHN LEWIS 8 BAR PIANO SOLO