[Dixielandjazz] Louis Armstrong "Potato Head Blues"

[dwlit at cpcug.org]

When transcribing "Potato head blues" for my "Dixieland Fake Book Vol. 2"
I used a "slow down box" to hear the tune at 1/2 and 1/3 tempo. I
discovered that the tune is very melodic. I suspect that's one reason for
that "power to thrill".

--Sheik


> Louis Armstrong biography reviewed
>
> New Book Explains Why Louis Armstrong Was Such an Icon
> by Jeremy Gerard
> Bloomberg News, February 24, 2010
>
> Woody Allen and the Smithsonian Institution immortalized Louis Armstrong's
> 1927 landmark
> recording of "Potato Head Blues."
> Now we have Terry Teachout to explain why the recording not only matters,
> but why
> it still has the power to thrill.